The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have identified counterfeiting as the fasting growing criminal activity used to fund international terrorism. Distributors have been identified as the weak link in the component supply chain system, while the original component/equipment manufacturers continue to resist any direct association with supplies purchased outside of their direct control. According to reports from the US Military, their supply chain system has up to a million counterfeit parts, a scary fact that can have devastating effects including loss of lives. Sadly, two people have
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