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I wonder whether it’d be possible by tracking serial numbers. You might get the first customer.
… and then you find something like a Philippinian trading giant where you still can’t know or do a thing.
You could ban them from further sales. Or apply moar tariffs to them.
Potentially, assuming they weren’t stolen or sold off to a secondary buyer from a legit first customer. Problem is another one just pops up in its place.
I’m not saying don’t persue them, I’m saying it’s a game of state funded whack’a’mole.
Even if they were stolen, you at least know the origin. But yes, it’s not easy to stop leaks of publicly sold items.