We continue to hope with the greater awareness about counterfeits that the crooks will go out of business and this problem will quietly go away. The opposite seems to be happening. Even though almost everyone is aware of the problem there are more and more counterfeits being reported every year. There are no good answers yet to stop the flow of counterfeits into the supply chain. The used part supply continues to be fed from the wealthy nations to the developing countries where they refinish the parts and send them easily back to unsuspecting buyers. See this link for more details.
Robb Hammond, founder and president of AERI (American Electronic Resource, Inc.). Founding member and former committee chair of the SAE AS6081 Standard created for the avoidance of counterfeit electronic components. Robb founded AERI in Costa Mesa, California, in 1994 as an independent distributor of hard-to-find, obsolete and allocated electronic components. AERI is AS9120B, ISO 9001:2015 and AS6081 certified, tests to AS6171 standards, and inspects every part in its in-house QC lab before it ships. Robb writes about electronic component shortages, sourcing strategy and counterfeit avoidance.
