Watched a show about “Ghost Guns” on NatGeo. The show followed the life cycle of a knock off of a M1911 made in the Philippines, smuggled into the US, then when the gun got too “hot”, used in too many crimes, the gun was smuggled into Guatemala.
Interesting that you mentioned the Philippines. It was State Senator Yee who was indicted on charges of conspiring to import weapons from the Philippines.
Sounds just as real as the History channel show about moonshiners.