Counterfeiting

 

       

  On 19 November 2020, Interpol and Europol will organize a debriefing of their joint operation against counterfeit food and beverages, and substandard food and beverages.

 

Over the last century, organized crime has demonstrated a remarkable capacity to rapidly adapt to mutated social, political and economic conditions.

UNICRI briefed different Director Generals of the European Commission on the infiltration of organized crime in food business and bioterrorism through the use of biotechnology.

UNICRI, through its Knowledge Center “Security through Research, Technology and Innovation" (SIRIO) in Geneva, organized an Expert Workshop on the Supply Chain Security.

Ensuring supply-chain security: the role of anti-counterfeiting technologies A new study prepared by UNICRI on the role of anti-counterfeiting technologies in increasing governments’ and citizens’ safety will be presented during an event

The trafficking in counterfeit goods has grown to epidemic proportions across the globe.

  EXPO Conference Centre, Room 70A October 27th, 2015 h: 14:30

An Expert Workshop focusing on illegal, counterfeit and substandard pesticides was organized in Turin by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) on 1-2 October 2015.

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the World Bank, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and Assonime are organizing a workshop on anti-counterfeiting technologies.

Addressing the multifaceted problem of falsified medicines A Conference in Geneva to discuss innovative and integrated approaches A Conference on falsified medicines has been organized by the United Nations Interregional Crime

Building an effective cooperation mechanism against falsified medicines The establishment of a public-private stakeholders group in Romania Falsified medicines are a serious and complex problem that poses a great danger to pati

Actions against counterfeit medicines A conference to discuss organized crime involvement and prevention strategies Turin, 29 January 2014 Counterfeit medicines is a serious problem affecting every country in the worl

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and ICC Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) released a new report advocating the confiscation of the proceeds of crime as an effective tool which

UNICRI researches and writes on specific counterfeit product categories, focusing on the impact on consumers’ health and safety and on organized crime involvement.

The first report Counterfeiting, a global spread, a global threat, published by UNICRI in 2007, provides a global assessment of organized criminal involvement in counterfeiting.

Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are among the counterfeit products with the greatest potential of harm for consumers’ health.