Global Trends
Situation Report 2013
Sept 18, 2014
© 2014 Pharmaceutical Security Institute
• 11,207 reports received in 2013
• 7,844 reports received in 2012
• increase in reports
+43%
Expanded data collection
• From 11,207 reports to 2,193 new incidents• Highest annual total of new incidents ever
documented• First substantial increase in five years
+8.7%
Unique Incidents
• Illegal diversion 406 +79 • Greater attention
than ever before
Illegal Diversion Incidents
Turkey – December 2013
In 2013, we saw:● the highest ever total number of unique
incidents ● the highest ever total number of illegal
diversion incidents.
Trend Number 1
Global Seizures
Global Seizures
142 Open source reports 38 Countries351 Tons 859,486,586 Tablets $757,127,405 Value
• 1,156 incidents of seizures or raids disclosed• 526 of the seizures were commercial size• 46% commercial size versus 40% in 2012• In 2013, 317 versus 523 different medicines
were found
Seized medicines analysis
We witnessed that:
“counterfeiters returned to sending their products in larger shipments”
“they reduced the number of different medicines, and appear to have begun concentrating their efforts on a much more limited product mix.”
Trend Number 2
Global Arrest Situation
• 1,460 arrests made
• 18% increase over 2012
• 151% increase in arrests for manufacturing
• Three year downward trend in arrest reversed
Trend Number 3
