An Informal Session on the MEDICRIME Convention has been addressed to the Permanent Representations/Diplomatic and consular missions of member States of the Council of Europe, observer States and non-member States signatories of the MEDICRIME Convention.
Aimed at introducing the legal provisions included in the MEDICRIME Convention, this session is part of the multiple activities developed by the Criminal Law Co-operation Unit to promote this criminal-law instrument. The judicial, health and law-enforcement perspectives were represented at this meeting by representatives from Eurojust, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency from the United Kingdom and Europol.
The concern of falsified medical products and their links to transnational organised criminal groups was tackled during this meeting. The discussion among participants showed that improving the combat against the falsification of medical products requires intensifying of the ratification of the MEDICRIME Convention and the adoption of rules on criminal liability against the falsification of medical products into national criminal legislation, and its rigorous implementation.
Possibilities for technical co-operation were also raised during this meeting.