A secure mobile track and trace system for anti-counterfeiting

Counterfeiting is now a global problem. Seven percent (7%) of all world trade is in counterfeit goods. Counterfeit goods do not only target famous brand names but anything that can buy. Virtually every country in the world suffers from counterfeiting which results in - lost tax revenue, job losses, health and safety problems and business losses. Nowadays, the mobile users can access the Internet at any time, from anywhere and from their shirt pockets/purses using ubiquitous inexpensive computing. Mobile phones are becoming indispensable. The aim of this paper is to show how business can protect their products from counterfeiting by using a secure mobile track and trace system, which will allow their stakeholders to authenticate the products in real time through a Web-enabled mobile camera phone.