Global Trends

Situation Report 2013

Sept 18, 2014

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• 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