{"id":8961,"date":"2021-12-09T17:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medi-theft.eu\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2022-02-21T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:01:15","slug":"eu-funded-project-medi-theft-has-been-officially-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medi-theft.eu\/eu-funded-project-medi-theft-has-been-officially-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-funded project MEDI-THEFT has been officially launched"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU funded project MEDI-THEFT \u2013 Data sharing and Investigative Platform against Organised Thefts of Medicines \u2013 has been launched starting from November 1st, 2021.MEDI-THEFT aims to counteract medicine theft and reselling through the reporting, analysis and sharing of data to develop an intelligence-based platform.<\/p>\n

Pharmaceutical thefts occur frequently, due to the high commercial value and to limited access to some medicines in some parts of the world.<\/p>\n

In Italy but also in other EU Member States a high incidence of the problem has been recorded, as confirmed by the so-called \u201cOperation Volcano\u201d during which the investigations carried out have ascertained a consolidated and illicit trafficking of medicines stolen from Italian hospitals, as well as medicines that had been manipulated, falsified and re-introduced under false credentials (fake invoices) by unauthorized wholesalers.<\/p>\n

In light of the trafficking identified during the Operation Volcano and of the serious health risks posed by the theft and the recycling of medicines, MEDI-THEFT\u2019s main objectives are:<\/p>\n