The market for fake goods is on the rise, with international trade in counterfeited or pirated products valued almost a half a trillion dollars.
 

Fliers who don't have the latest driver's licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints.

The National Retail Federation said it agreed with a warning from the FBI that new chip-based credit cards are safer than traditional cards but still vulnerable to fraud and need to be used with a PIN to minimize risk.

 As part of an ongoing effort by government authorities across China to crack down on counterfeiting, law enforcement authorities in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, broke up a counterfeiting ring selling fake Dow Corning silicone sealant. 

NJ state casino regulators canceled a poker match and ordered all prize money frozen until an investigation is complete on whether counterfeit poker chips were used.

Resisting a move to plastic money, Euro banknotes will remain paper as the European Central Bank chooses to fight counterfeiting with new security measures, according to Reuters. The ECF also has no plans to eliminate the 500-euro notes favored by some criminals.

A company has taken plant DNA and adapted it to serve as a new form of security for crime stopping purposes in both civilian and military arenas.

Money is big business in Peru – over the past two years, Peru has overtaken Colombia as the top source of counterfeit U.S. dollars, according to the U.S. Secret Service. In response the service has opened a permanent office in Lima last year (only the fourth such office in Latin America), and has since helped Peru arrest 50 people on counterfeiting charges, CBS News reports.

An increasingly sought after botanical DNA-based security and authentication solution protects products, brands and intellectual property from counterfeiting and diversion in the United States and Europe.

Seizures of counterfeit imports have increased 53 percent in the last three years, with consumer electronics being the most-seized items.