Joining forces: outwitting counterfeiters in north-east Asia

In an inverted S-shape, running from Beijing to Seoul and ending in Tokyo, lies the so-called Beseto corridor. It is one of the largest urbanised ‘city-regions’ in the world, encompassing the capital cities of China, South Korea and Japan plus two other major cities, and comprising around 100 million inhabitants along a 1500-kilometre strip.