Editor’s Note: Counterfeit pharmaceuticals, like counterfeit cigarettes, are part of the larger problem of illicit trade and theft of intellectual property. Translated from the Spanish original.
From: bluradio.com
The concern of the authorities is that all these products are counterfeit or altered and can affect the public health of Colombians.
By: Camila Carvajal
In an exclusive dialogue with BLU Radio, the director of the Fiscal and Customs Police (Polfa), General Juan Carlos Buitrago, assured that in 2018 765,000 smuggled pharmaceuticals have been seized, which otherwise would place the health and lives of Colombians in grave danger.
. . . 86% of the seized drugs were from Venezuela, China and Peru.
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