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KEY MESSAGES 6. Every COVID-19 vaccine supplied from falsified COVID-19 vaccines, including
outside the legal supply chain, whether by strengthening their ability to identify
stolen, illegally diverted, or unlicensed/ falsified documentation, labelling and
States should recall that: unregistered/unauthorised, risks being a packaging.
falsified vaccine. FEATURE
1. Every COVID-19 vaccine removed 11. Conduct awareness training for
illegally from the legal supply chain is States should proactively take the criminal justice sector on the
outside the necessary regulatory control preventive actions by: purpose and intent of the MEDICRIME
systems that guarantees vaccine integrity Convention. In particular, there needs
and prevents the intended patients from 7. Working with industry and trade to to be an awareness of the direct and
receiving it. strengthen the supply chain to prevent indirect impacts and threats created
thefts and illegal diversion of authentic to individuals and the public health
2. Every COVID-19 vaccine removed from COVID-19 vaccines from their intended system by falsified vaccines. This
and illegally reintroduced into the legal markets and health service providers. includes the impact on the pandemic
supply chain risks being substandard and control measures caused by
will be done for an illicit gain and not for 8. Working with health service providers falsified, stolen and illegally diverted
patient welfare. and healthcare professionals to ensure the COVID-19 vaccines. It is crucial
authenticity of COVID-19 vaccine supplies for the criminal justice sector to be
3. Every COVID-19 vaccine illegally they receive and their administration only aware of what this type of crime means.
reintroduced into the legal supply chain to those intended to receive them.
having previously been removed from 12. Conduct public awareness campaigns
it risks being commingled with falsified 9. Working with the relevant industries, on the risks of procuring COVID-19
vaccines which will be difficult to detect. health service providers and healthcare vaccines from sources outside the public
practitioners to strengthen the disposal health system, such as a result of online
4. Every COVID-19 vaccine that is falsified systems for COVID-19 vaccine waste promotions, and on how to identify
is a risk both to vulnerable persons and to products to prevent diversion to the illegal falsified labelling and packaging.
healthy persons. chain and their subsequent reintroduction
and re-use as falsified vaccines 13. Monitor suspicious transactions
5. Every COVID-19 vaccine made with regard to the instruments and
available directly to the public through States should take proactive action to: devices that are needed to produce
online sources, including social media, and market falsified vaccines, including
e-commerce platforms and on the web, is 10. Train the relevant public officials, syringes, vials, caps and crimping tools,
outside the legal supply chain and lacks in particular customs authorities print making equipment and tools
the clinical care that is required for the involved in border surveillance and law (for COVID19 labelling and certificates),
vaccination of patients. enforcement, on profiling and detecting etc.

Source: Council of Europe Action against Crime Department | www.coe.int/medicrime
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