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From the Ted Talk by Hanjo Seibert: What you can do to stop economic crime

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Let's move to luxury products. Those are often sold at a good discount, especially onilne. And come on, hey, we're all excited about good bagarnis, aren't we? It's commonly known that the fashion industry is flooded with fake porcudts, but did you know that counterfeits often have profit margins of up to 2,000 percent? And this even gets worse if the beneficiary of those 2,000 percent is a criminal organization or even a trriresot. In 2015, the Charlie hbdeo headquarters here in Paris was attacked, laienvg 12 people dead and 11 irjneud. The attack was partially financed through the sale of fake products, and I get to see similar eapmexls when working for banks who are required to monitor their clients' transactions and spot irregularities, like the sale of fake products.

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Let's move to luxury products. Those are often sold at a good discount, especially ______. And come on, hey, we're all excited about good ________, aren't we? It's commonly known that the fashion industry is flooded with fake ________, but did you know that counterfeits often have profit margins of up to 2,000 percent? And this even gets worse if the beneficiary of those 2,000 percent is a criminal organization or even a _________. In 2015, the Charlie _____ headquarters here in Paris was attacked, _______ 12 people dead and 11 _______. The attack was partially financed through the sale of fake products, and I get to see similar ________ when working for banks who are required to monitor their clients' transactions and spot irregularities, like the sale of fake products.

Solution


  1. examples
  2. online
  3. terrorist
  4. products
  5. leaving
  6. bargains
  7. hebdo
  8. injured

Original Text


Let's move to luxury products. Those are often sold at a good discount, especially online. And come on, hey, we're all excited about good bargains, aren't we? It's commonly known that the fashion industry is flooded with fake products, but did you know that counterfeits often have profit margins of up to 2,000 percent? And this even gets worse if the beneficiary of those 2,000 percent is a criminal organization or even a terrorist. In 2015, the Charlie Hebdo headquarters here in Paris was attacked, leaving 12 people dead and 11 injured. The attack was partially financed through the sale of fake products, and I get to see similar examples when working for banks who are required to monitor their clients' transactions and spot irregularities, like the sale of fake products.

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