Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicine Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/institute-of-research-against-counterfeit-medicine/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Institute of Research Against Counterfeit Medicine Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/institute-of-research-against-counterfeit-medicine/ 32 32 Africa under attack from bogus medication traffickers https://jjcornish.com/2017/01/africa-attack-bogus-medication-traffickers/ Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/01/africa-attack-bogus-medication-traffickers/ More than 113 million bogus antimalarial, anti inflammatory and antibiotic tablets bound for Africa were seized by the World Customs Authority  over a fortnight last September. The full extent of medication trafficking to Africa – which is 20 times more profitable that the narcotics trade – has not been determined. Since 2012, the World Customs […]

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]]> More than 113 million bogus antimalarial, anti inflammatory and antibiotic tablets bound for Africa were seized by the World Customs Authority  over a fortnight last September.

The full extent of medication trafficking to Africa – which is 20 times more profitable that the narcotics trade – has not been determined.

Since 2012, the World Customs Authority , in conjunction with the Institute of Research against Counterfeit Medicine (IRACM), has intercepted more than 750 million illicit drugs in Africa’s ports.

The most significant seizures were made in Nigeria, Benin, Kenya and Togo, but it is the drugs’ countries of origin that is most startling.

97% of fraudulent pharmaceutical products are shipped from China or India.

Fake medications are ineffective, dangerous or, at worse, lethal.

They include treatments for serious illnesses like cancer.

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