A row of handbags gets duplicated.
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  • Online shopping has made it easier for counterfeiters to sell fake products.
  • Counterfeits cost businesses more than $200 billion a year and contribute to 750,000 jobs lost.
  • The surge is impossible to control; online listings are created faster than they can be taken down.

Daniel Shapiro's work is never done.

As quickly as he's scanned between 30 and 50 million listings for illegal products, a new crop is awaiting him.