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'Market of Fakes' in Naples, capital of counterfeits and Camorra

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NAPLES, Italy: As top brands like Gucci and Prada prepare to report billions in sales this month, luxury fakes on the streets of Naples are also yielding a jaw-dropping cash stream — for the mafia.

The teeming southern metropolis is ground zero for Italy's estimated 6-7 billion euro counterfeit market, where fake handbags, sunglasses, clothing and shoes flourish, hawked in plain sight to buyers willing to score a knockoff bargain.'Which brand do you like? What color, what model?' asks a persistent seller at the 'Market of Fakes' spread out over back alleys near the gritty city's central train station.

An artisanal heritage in tailoring and leather, an international port, high unemployment and an influx of cheap foreign labor have all helped counterfeiting flourish — as has the local population's longstanding tolerance of bending the rules.Camorra and ChinaCollaboration between the Camorra and Chinese criminal groups fuels the rigorously controlled system.A seller carries counterfeit bags in a street of Rome on January 29, 2013.

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