Dozens of consumers worldwide are injured, or merely surprised, when their cell phones explode, the result of counterfeit batteries that short-circuit and suddenly overheat.
On July 1, 2006, it became illegal in the European Union to sell electronics that contain more than a very small amount of lead, mercury, cadmium, and a few other hazardous chemicals. These new Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations present a golden opportunity for electronics counterfeiters to re-label and re-package lead-containing electronics to look like they meet the RoHS requirements.
What is electronics counterfeiting? It is kind of counterfeiting, where someone makes a cheap imitation of an expensive product and name it same. This can be also seen at crowded street market in New York City .According to the estimates these practice are responsible for up to $100 billion a year in revenue.
Counterfeit electronics is case of unethical engineering. Someone with technical expertise to know what parts are in demand and how to fake them is profiting illegally and immorally from counterfeiting of this kind. Counterfeiting happens all over the world, including the United States, but the huge chunk of all electronics manufacturing is done in Asian countries like China, India, Thailand etc. http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/may06/3423.
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