In 2015, more than 20 million counterfeit pills and other medications were confiscated in one covert operation, according to “INTERPOL-coordinated operation strikes at organized crime with seizure of 20 million illicit medicines,” INTERPOL, June 18, 2015.
It’s a problem that will continue to plague pharmaceutical companies—and other industries—because criminals can make a lot of money by falsifying drugs that are in high demand, in short supply or are exorbitantly expensive for consumers.
