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Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed
Dynamoo writes "Ever wondered how criminals can spirit away the products they buy with stolen credit cards? The answer is that they use surprisingly sophisticated but very shady reshipping centers to launder the goods on their way to Eastern Europe. The bad guys make the money, but it's the mules doing the reshipping who will eventually get caught."
Er, one of the most fundamental rights you have as the owner of a company is determining where and to whom your goods will be sold. I fail to see why thats "blame-worthy"; why should a vendor be forced to sell to you?
Wouldn't it be very easy for the police to infiltrate this sort of thing? Just respond to a couple of ads on craiglist, then trace the packages to their final destination.
Yes, only the US has no jurisdiction outside of it's borders and can do dick all about it without using diplomatic channels.
Oh, wait, ACTA means they practically do. Forget I said anything.
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Because it often involves price discrimination, restrictions on free trade or trying to prevent your customers from re-selling their property which is detrimental to a free market.