Abstract
Counterfeiting is the fact to reproduce or imitate something without being allowed. Today, counterfeiting means bad quality products in people's mind. Nowadays, all industrial markets are touched by this phenomenon : music, clothes, luxury, accessories… Moreover, counterfeiting is easier thanks to “globalization” : exchanges between countries are more important. Internet develops the virtual market which contributes a lot to information exchange. Section 102 of the Coinage Act of 1965 (Title 31 United States Code, Section 392) provides in party: “All coins and currencies of the United States, regardless of when coined and issued, shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, duties and dues.”
The United States has accused the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) of counterfeiting U.S. $100 Federal Reserve notes (super notes) and passing them off in various countries. This is one of several illicit activities by North Korea apparently done to generate foreign exchange that is used to purchase imports or finance government activities abroad.
