The "old days" of street hawkers on Canal Street selling knockoff Fendi and Coach bags are long gone. Counterfeits have invaded US markets at an astounding rate, and government agencies seem too overwhelmed to stop them all. The US Department of Homeland Security reported that seizures of counterfeit and pirated goods increased tenfold between 2000 and 2018. The surge is impossible to control as online listings are created faster than they can be taken down. Click the link in our bio to read more about how counterfeits have taken over America. Story by Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins. (Credit: Chelsea Jia Feng/Insider) #counterfeits #dupes #fakedesigner #onlineshopping