1. Project REPT Falsified Medicines Responding Effectively to the Production of and Trafficking in Falsified Medicines Law Enforcement Training on Falsified Medicines Accra (Ghana), October 6, 2015 1 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

2. Project REPT- Falsified Medicines Funded by the European Union, Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace, Project kickoff: January 6, 2014 Duration: 36 months Covered countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Jordan Morocco, Senegal Team Leader: Michel Frébourg Project Administrator: Cécile Lagoutte 2 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

3. 3 Implementing Partners (Consortium) Civipol Conseil, France (Leading Agency) DCI : Directorate for International Cooperation (French Police and Gendarmerie), particularly the OCLAESP, France AIFA (Agencia Italiana del Farmaco): Italian medicine Agency, Italy ADETEF: French Public Agency of the Ministry of Finances, for technical cooperation (Customs expertise) A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

4. Falsified Medicines: A Issue of Public Health… Available figures indicate that falsified medicines represent over 10% of the medicines world markets. In Central and Western Africa the percentage can reach over 50%. The problem is spreading worldwide due particularly to the growing of sales on line. At the European borders, falsified medicines accounted for 10.10 % of the customs seizures in 2013 (1.33 % en 2006). Countries of provenance: China (65.30% of the cases) and India (22.78%) (Source: European Customs Report 2014) 4 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

5. …and Transnational Organized Crime Organized crime does not only include crime syndicates like Mafia, Triads or Yakuza but also groups of criminals define by the UN Convention against organized crime: more than 2 people gathered to intentionally perpetrate in concert one or several criminal acts. Organized crime is involved in the manufacturing of falsified medicines (corruption, shell companies), transit (contraband, fake documents) and distribution (corruption, fake documents, shell companies) 5 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

6. Purpose of REPT Project Providing support to the authorities involved in the fight against the production and the trafficking in falsified medicines: health and judicial authorities, law enforcement and other regulatory services Contributing to the development of appropriate regulatory frameworks 6 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

7. Specific Objectives Based on the Medicrime Convention, promotion or update of existing legislative framework related to the production and circulation of falsified medicines Development of a national strategy and strengthening of interagency cooperation ; improvement of cross border cooperation through the creation of a network of single focal points Enhancement of judicial expertise, investigation, collection and analysis of information Awareness raising campaign on the risks related to the use of falsified medicines. 7 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

8. Activities Training workshops with key stake holders for law-making to highlight best legislative practices, Training on specific techniques of investigation for law enforcement officers (police, customs, gendarmerie), Seminars for pharmacists inspectors and forensic analysts at national quality control laboratories, Training on the specific legislation procedures regarding falsified medicines for magistrates, Engagement with the main actors in designing and implementing awareness raising campaigns 8 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

9. Medicrime Convention of the Council of Europe at a glance Criminalization of production, trafficking and trade of falsified medicines and medical devices, independently from intellectual property infringement, Implementation of deterrent punishment, Improvement at national level of inter-agency coordination(SNOPs: Single Points of Contact) and at international level transnational cooperation (NPOCs: National Points of Contact) To date, 24 countries have signed and 4 have ratified the Convention. 9 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

10. Key Experts Cecile Lagoutte, Project Administrator Michel Frebourg, Team Leader cecile.lagoutte@rept-falsifiedmedicines.eu michel.frebourg@rept-falsifiedmedicines.eu 10 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol

11. Thank you for your Attention 11 A project funded by European Union and implemented by a consortium leads by Civipol