In the quiet offices of a major Taiwanese circuit board manufacturer, prosecutors arrived with questions that reach far beyond any single company: when a label lies about where something was made, who bears the cost, and who bears the responsibility? The investigation into Unimicron Technology for allegedly relabeling Chinese-made goods as Taiwanese reflects a broader reckoning with origin washing — a practice that distorts the rules of global trade and quietly drains billions from public coffers. Taiwan, whose manufacturing reputation is itself a kind of currency, finds itself both enforcer a