'Global effort' needed to fight fake goods amid pandemic
Illicit goods, such as fake medicines, a global threat requiring unified response: Experts
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The Health Sciences Authority said this month it had uncovered an unlicensed mask manufacturing facility here. In 2019, counterfeit pharmaceuticals were valued at US$200 billion (S$268 billion).
PHOTO: HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY
Criminal networks have continued to cash in on illicit trade during the Covid-19 pandemic, such as in counterfeit and contraband goods.
On June 8, Interpol announced that its Operation Pangea XIV had resulted in 113,020 Web links being removed owing to ties to counterfeit and illicit medicines.
