Counterfeiting is more than fake handbags on the street corner. It’s a global shadow economy worth hundreds of billions of dollars, touching everything from cosmetics and healthcare to electronics and automotive parts. It erodes brand value, costs companies revenue, and in some cases, endangers lives.

The Breakshow sits down with GuanKai Ng, Co-founder and Director of Business Development at Nabcore to uncover his remarkable journey: from falling ill after unknowingly consuming counterfeit alcohol in China, to leaving a stable executive job and building a Singapore-based company that now protects over 100 million products annually across Asia.