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Peruvian authorities interested in MEDICRIME Convention

The Criminal Law Division participated in the International Forum on “Good practices against Falsification and illegal trade” held in Lima, Peru, on 22 and 23 November 2017. Gathering together the main national and international actors responsible for the fight against counterfeiting of medical products, this International Forum highlighted common efforts at national and international level to tackle this transnational concern.

The Peruvian Multisectoral Technical Group on prevention and combating smuggling, illegal trade and counterfeiting of medical and related products (CONTRAFALME), mainly composed of judges, prosecutors, law-enforcement and health authorities, played a big role in this conference and welcomed the MEDICRIME Convention. The Peruvian Deputy Minister of Health, Mr Juan Eulogio Arroyo Laguna, stressed "the need for a global response to end organised crime" recognising the importance of the MEDICRIME convention and the need for its ratification by Peru.

During the Forum, multiple appeals were made for American countries to join the MEDICRIME Convention, since it is the only current legal instrument that can legitimately fight against the falsification of medical products worldwide.
Lima 22-23/11/2017
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At a time when the Covid-19 epidemic is posing unprecedented challenges to the health sector, the Council of Europe calls on governments to be extremely vigilant against counterfeit or falsified medicines and medical products. Faced with this threat, states can rely on the MEDICRIME Convention to safeguard public health and target the criminal behaviour of those who, like criminal networks, take advantage of the loopholes in our systems and of the current crisis.

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"In recent years, occurrences of counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes have increased worldwide. These crimes endanger public health, and affect patients and their confidence in the legal marketplace.

Even more profitable than drug trafficking, this new form of crime has an undeniable advantage for criminals: they go largely unpunished or receive only mild sanctions. Even when states take strict measures to regulate the production and distribution of medical products and devices, these measures often prove insufficient, especially when criminal networks find gaps in national legislations allowing them to make substantial profits at the expense of people’s lives and health. The MEDICRIME Convention was drafted to protect vulnerable patients and their right to safe access to medicines of appropriate quality, and to fight against organised crime. As the first and only international treaty dealing with this problem, the convention aims at prosecuting the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes, protecting the rights of victims and promoting national and international co-operation."

Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe