UNODC Conference Highlights Fake Drugs Distributed by Organized Crime

Last month, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a conference in Vienna to discuss the the production, distribution and trafficking of fake drugs by organized crime networks.  The conference, which was held February 14-15, gathered an international group of experts from governments, law enforcement agencies, NGOs and the private sector to share information about the scale of the problem, which has significant impact worldwide. UNODC has found that in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America as much as 30 percent of available drugs are fraudulent, and that the trafficking of unsafe or ineffective medicine is “a multi-billion dollar activity.”

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UNODC Report Highlights Lucrative Nature of Global Counterfeit Drug Trade

“What is the real reason criminals counterfeit drugs?” As Congressman Jim Matheson said at the 2011 Partnership for Safe Medicine’s Interchange “follow the money.”

A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) highlights why more counterfeit drug cases are appearing in news reports.  Organized crime makes billions each year off of drug counterfeiting, amongst their other activities.  The UNODC estimates global counterfeiting enterprises generate $250 billion (US) in annual profits.

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Cheap prescription drugs on-line – BAD MEDICINE

Any Malaysian with an e-mail account would have had the displeasure of receiving e-mail with such headings or similar ones in their inbox. Most of us would normally mark it as spam and banish it to the trash folder, never to be seen again. But not all of us do. An increasing number of Malaysians,…

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