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Organized crime in the production and distribution of falsified medicines in Poland: Outline of the problem

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Pharmaceutical crime has become a global phenomenon, an element of organized global crime, alongside drug and arms trafficking. Therefore, in order to combat this issue, there is a need of… Click to show full abstract

Pharmaceutical crime has become a global phenomenon, an element of organized global crime, alongside drug and arms trafficking. Therefore, in order to combat this issue, there is a need of co-operation of a number of factors such as: the legal system, its proper use, cooperation of entities obliged to combat crime (not only national but also international), appropriate social campaign. This paper refers to the aforementioned issues. It presents examples of actions of the Polish police in the fight against pharmaceutical crime as a form of organized crime. The article has been prepared within the frames of realizing a research project called “Understand the Dimensions of Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks for Developing Effective and Efficient Security Solutions for First-line-practitioners and Professionals” (Project: TAKEDOWN, H2020-FCT-2015, No: 700688).

Keywords: organized crime; crime production; falsified medicines; crime; production distribution; distribution falsified

Journal Title: Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
Year Published: 2019

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