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More medicines seized by EU customs in 2009

The latest report from the European Union (EU) of customs enforcement of intellectual property rights reveals that despite lower numbers of goods seized overall, medicines now total 10% of all articles seized, up from just 2% in 2006.

The top categories of articles detained were cigarettes, which accounted for 19% of the overall amount, followed by other tobacco products (16%), labels, tags, and emblems (13%), and medicines (10%).

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) shipped a whopping 74% of seized medical products. For the past four years, the UAE has been in the top three countries for shipping seized medical products.

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