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Imitation Nation is a podcast that covers all things counterfeit, hosted by Shabbir Imber Safdar and Sven Bergmann.
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Friday Jan 10, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
Sven and Shabbir discuss the biggest stories in counterfeits for the last two weeks.
Walmart.com "Birkin Bag" controversy
The U.S. Trade Representative's Notorious Markets Report
- See the press release and the full report.
Xiaofei "Sophie" Chen arrest and prosecution
Sven and Shabbir make their predictions for big developments in counterfeiting and counterfeit prosecutions for 2025
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
This week, Shabbir Safdar and Sven Bergmann cover the arrest of a Houston, Texas woman accused of posing as a medical professional and injecting fake lip fillers, a woman in Medina, Tennessee busted selling research-only compounds as weight loss injections, and an update on the lawsuit filed by grieving families against Snapchat. Listen now.
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
This week, Shabbir Safdar and Sven Bergmann cover an $18 million dollar counterfeit Gibson guitar seizure in Long Beach, the resolution of a longstanding counterfeit HIV drug case, counterfeit bourbon, and a live DSCSA demo that happened at the American Society for Pharmacy Law conference. Listen now.