Działalność zorganizowanych struktur przestępczych w obszarze fałszowania leków
Activities of organized criminal groups in the area of falsified medicines

Summary/Abstract: The falsification of medicine constitutes an extremely serious threat to public health in both developing and developed countries. The scale of the problem is proved by hugely disturbing media reports about the number of deaths, that have occurred as a result of inappropriate use of medicines, including the consumption of falsified drugs. The area of falsified medicines has been dominated by organized crime groups that operate on a massive scale. The aim of this article is to present pharmaceutical crime as a contemporary classic area of operation of organized criminal structures, as it allows criminals to make lucrative profits at low operating costs. Moreover, the specificity of falsified medicine means that the activities falling within its scope are very difficult to detect. Therefore it provides a relatively safe field for well-organized international criminal groups to commit numerous abuses.

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