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Author: Riccardi, Michele

Title: The Theft of Medicines from Italian Hospitals

Summary: Along with counterfeiting, theft of medicines is emerging as the new frontier of pharmaceutical crime. In Italy between 2006 and 2013 one hospital out of ten has registered thefts of pharmaceuticals, suffering, on average, an economic loss of about 330 thousands euro each episode. This report represents the first study on this booming but almost unknown criminal phenomenon. In particular it carries out: - An exploration of the background behind pharmaceutical theft and of the drivers that influence the demand and the supply of stolen medicines; - An analysis, based on cases reported by media, of thefts of medicines from Italian hospitals between 2006 and 2013

Details: Milan, IT: Transcrime, 2014. 67p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 29, 2014 at: http://www.transcrime.it/pubblicazioni/the-theft-of-medicines-from-italian-hospitals/

Year: 2014

Country: Italy

URL: http://www.transcrime.it/pubblicazioni/the-theft-of-medicines-from-italian-hospitals/

Shelf Number: 132812

Keywords:
Hospitals
Illicit Trafficking
Medicine
Pharmaceutical Crime (Italy)
Pharmaceutical Industry
Smuggling
Theft