Driving collaboration across sectors and borders
With the fallout from covid-19 spurring unemployment, inflation and less buying power, consumers have turned to the black market in increasing numbers. Illicit trade takes place the world over, but presents South-East Asia with a unique set of challenges. Home to some of Asia's richest and poorest countries, the region is marked by stark disparities in customs oversight, law-enforcement capacity and intellectual-property protection.
Join Economist Impact in Manila at the seventh Global Anti-Illicit Trade Summit, supported by JTI, to examine how illicit trade can be combated in South-East Asia. Gathering policymakers, law-enforcement officials, business representatives and experts on illicit trade, the event will feature major stakeholders from across the ASEAN region. | 
