counterfeit

The recently released 2025 EU Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Third Countries sheds light on a growing concern: Nigerian seaports are rapidly becoming central transit hubs for the importation and re-exportation of counterfeit goods. These goods range from pharmaceuticals and electronics to fashionable apparel. This development raises vital questions about consumer safety, public health, and the overall integrity of international trade. Within the report's findings,…

Final week, the customs authorities introduced that they'd seized a number of tonnes of unauthorized medicine, value greater than 1.5 billion CFA francs (nearly 2.3 million euros). A file seizure close to the border with Gambia. A number of operations of the identical sort have been carried out in current months. The Affiliation of Pharmacists in Senegal condemns a "lack of political will" to fight…

Trafficking in counterfeit medicines in Africa has increased, especially since the 1980s. On 17 and 18 February 2020, the Lomé Declaration obliged seven countries on the continent to impose criminal sanctions to criminalize trafficking in human beings for substandard and counterfeit medicines. Last week, this topic was at the center of an online debate, initiated by the associations Les Afriques vous…