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Europol’s fight against counterfeiting and piracy
CRIM COMMITTEE
BRUSSELS11 JULY 2012
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Public healthSecurity
Organised crime
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Consumer goodsLife saving drugsOrganised crime
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FOCUS ON :
PESTICIDES PHARMACEUTICALS
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Pesticides
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Seizures counterfeited pesticides
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2009 2010 2011 year
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Impact of counterfeited pesticides
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Dangerous counterfeit pesticides
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Pharmacrime
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Statistics DG TAXUDon seizures at EU borders
20086,5% cases5% seized objects (8.891.056)52% India, 36% Syria, 9% UAE
20098% cases10% seized objects (11.462.533)74% UAE, 23% India, 2% Syria
2010seized pharmaceuticals for a retail value of 25.000.000 €
Threat: state of playThreat: Fact and figures
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PSI Pharmaceutical Security Institute
top 3 of counterfeited categories:1. genito-urinary2. anti-infective3. cardiovascular
532 types of counterfeit pharmaceuticalproducts identified in 2011Counterfeits were detected in 118 countries in 2008In 2009, in 536 incidents, counterfeit products reached licensed wholesaledistributors and/or pharmacies in 37 different countries.
Threat: state of playThreat: Fact and figures
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Source PSI
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Operations
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OperationTribulushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoD1m0amaH0
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6 arrests : 4 in ES, 2 in the UK
Seizure of 300 000 doses of counterfeit medicines
Freezing of bank accounts in CYSeizure of computers and mobile
phones
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- Joint operation Europol and Interpol.
- Counterfeited and substandard food and drinks.
- More then 700 tons of food and drinks seized.
Threat: state of playOperation OPSON
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The way forward
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- Maintain partnerships with Interpol, Eurojust and OLAF
- Continue efforts in joint operations with Interpol and OLAF.
- Organisation of a seminar on counterfeited and illicit pesticides with OHIM, OLAF and other EU agencies.
