Week 6 EOC: Illicit

After watching the movie in class, I realized that illegal manufacturing and shipping has great effects on our economy. I don’t think it necessarily affects the companies/high-end labels that these products are being influenced from, but it affects the people of our world. There are people who are receiving millions and billions of dollars for selling counterfeit products and it’s completely unfair to the consumers of these fraud products. Although there are some people (mostly women) who would prefer to purchase a fake Louis Vuitton bag off the street versus saving and spending thousands of dollars for the real thing, there are other products, such as medication, that are being sold unfairly.  I learned from the video that there are people who are selling counterfeit medications/pills to people via internet, and the pills don’t even work. That, or the medications are made with toxic things that harm the body and can only worsen symptoms. In this aspect, I say that illegal manufacturing is unfair and is being abused by people. The people who run these companies know that most customers are looking to save money and sacrifice the actual quality of the product. Customers should be wary and cautious when finding and purchasing these products because they don’t know exactly what it’s made from. A picture of a medication pill could seem like the real thing, but there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to the black market.

Overall, I found this movie to be informative and quite intriguing because the black market is a completely different world. It’s a big risk for these filmmakers to take when documenting all of this real footage, but it has to be exposed for the benefit of these customers and for those considering to start purchasing black market products.