A Report on the magnitude of counterfeiting was presented in Turin, Italy on 14 December 2007 by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).

The impact of counterfeiting has been underestimated so far, according to UNICRI. The report, funded by Fondazione CRT, stresses that counterfeiting destroys jobs and legitimate revenues, is dangerous for public health and is controlled by organized crime.

The press kit issued by UNICRI points out that:

• "According to the European Commission counterfeiting would total between 5-7% of the total legal market. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) affirms that up to 200 billion US dollars of international trade in 2005 could have been in counterfeit or pirated products, this figure does not consider domestically produced and consumed counterfeit pirated products and the pirated digital products distributed via the Internet.
  
• The World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO, has estimated that the losses sustained by EU member states in tax revenues correspond to 3,731 million Euro in the toy and sports clothing sector, 1,554 million Euro in the pharmaceutical sector, 7,581 million Euro in the clothing and footwear sector and 3,017 million Euro in the perfume and cosmetics sector.
  
• Counterfeiting causes a net reduction in the Gross Domestic Product which, according to estimates supplied by the Center for Economics and Business Research, can be quantified as 8,042 million Euro across Europe.
  
• It estimated that, in the European Union alone, more than 100,000 jobs are lost every year due to counterfeiting.
  
• Data from the World Customs Organization and the European Commission DG – TAXUD show an increase of 88% in the years 2000-2006, in the seizures of counterfeit goods in the European Union, with almost 68 million goods seized in the year 2000 and more than 128 million in 2006.
  
• Italy is confirmed as one of the EU member countries most affected by counterfeiting with more than 18 million goods seized in 2006 it is also an entry point for counterfeit products destined to other EU countries. The greatest part of them originates from China. In 2006 the incidence of Chinese counterfeits items seized by the customs in Italy was 93.4%."