Abstract
The trade in counterfeit medical products is a growing global crime industry (especially in the domain of organized crime), which represents a big threat to natural persons, i.e., patients, but also to healthcare systems. The circulation and sale of counterfeit medical products takes place through unregulated channels (on the side of the road, in a marketplace, online, or even in bars, nightclubs or bakeries). The Convention of the Council of Europe on counterfeit medical products and other illegal acts that include threats to public health represents the first international agreement of that kind, that is, an international instrument that establishes a legal framework for the fight against this criminal black market. It criminalizes certain actions, prescribes certain provisions related to the criminal justice procedure, protects the rights of victims and improves national and international cooperation in criminal justice matters.
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