The MEDICRIME Convention was presented to the national authorities from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the framework of a technical seminar organised by the Medisafe project, a project financed by the EU aimed at fighting against the production and trafficking of falsified medicines and pharmaceutical products in eleven African countries.

This technical seminar was aimed at increasing the knowledge of legal professionals (judges and prosecutors), law-enforcement authorities (police and customs services) and members of the parliament on the MEDICRIME Convention and consolidating the national inter-ministerial committee (COLPHACOS).

The national authorities exchanged views, experiences and good practices to improve their capacity to prevent and combat the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health. The way in which a state can be invited to accede to the Convention was also explained.