Nielegalny Handel w regionalnych ugrupowaniach integracyjnych na przykładzie obrotu towarami podrabianymi i pirackimi w Unii Europejskiej

ILLICIT TRADE IN REGIONAL INTEGRATION COMMUNITIES ON THE EXAMPLE OF TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT AND PIRATED GOODS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Illicit trade in the 21st century is a global phenomenon because the underlying activities concern a number of countries in the modern world. However, as a derivative of many factors, including historical, legal, economic, and cultural, it has different intensity in individual regions of the world, just as its impact on the condition of individual economies is not the same. A special case is both its development and counteracting it in regional integration groups. The reason for this is the freedom of movement of goods or production factors between member countries, as well as the often common external customs border and the pursuit of a common trade policy. The aim of the article is to present trends and results of the analysis of illicit trade in the European Union. This was done on the example of trade in counterfeit and pirated goods in 2005-2021. The study carried out a critical analysis of the subject literature, source documents and used EUROSTAT and OECD source data.