{"id":5872,"date":"2020-04-18T15:39:36","slug":"the-covid-19-pandemic-a-lucrative-market-for-counterfeit-health-products","title":{"rendered":"The Covid-19 pandemic, a lucrative market for counterfeit health products"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Covid-19 pandemic has unfortunately\u00a0opened greater opportunities\u00a0for counterfeiters to\u00a0generate\u00a0fast cash. INTERPOL reported that they have seized more than 34,000 counterfeit and substandard masks,\u00a0as well as\u00a0\u201ccorona sprays\u201d, \u201ccoronavirus packages\u201d or \u201ccoronavirus medicines\u201d\u00a0under Operation Pangea XIII.\u00a0The\u00a0police, customs and health regulatory authorities from 90 countries partook part\u00a0in this collective action against the illicit online sale of medicines and medical products.\u00a0However, this\u00a0seizure is only the\u00a0tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n

Counterfeit health products\u00a0in Indonesia<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In Indonesia, the outbreak has sparked panic buying and hoarding of health products – such as surgical facemasks and hand sanitizers. As a result, shortages and skyrocketing prices are unavoidable in the midst of rising demand.<\/p>\n

The situation has benefited counterfeiters to sell their illicit products. At the end of February 2020, the police raided an illegal facemask factory and warehouse in Cakung, North Jakarta. The factory could profit up to 250 million Rupiah from selling their illegal products (MetroTVNews 2\/3\/20). Another raid was conducted on a warehouse in Tangerang and resulted in the seizure of 600,000 illegal facemasks (Asiatimes, 4\/3\/20). These counterfeiters distributed and sold counterfeit facemasks that did not meet health standards through online and offline markets.<\/p>\n

The circulation of counterfeit health products has\u00a0caused\u00a0greater\u00a0health concerns\u00a0to consumers\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0the\u00a0Covid-19 outbreak when\u00a0the\u00a0public\u2019s health requires\u00a0prime attention. Not only are these counterfeits detrimental for consumers, but they also\u00a0generate bad impacts\u00a0on the brand.<\/p>\n

Brand protection<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The countless raids\u00a0do not seem to be able to\u00a0stop the distribution of counterfeit health products. Quoting from\u00a0mClinica<\/i><\/em>, the lack of monitoring of the supply chain is a contributing factor to why the counterfeit issue has never been solved. Monitoring a company\u2019s supply chain is complicated to begin with and it is getting even more so due to the involvement of e-commerce. Therefore, it requires collaborations between brand owners, manufacturers, the government, law enforcement, e-commerce, and related organizations to monitor the supply chain.<\/p>\n

Integrity Indonesia has been trusted by clients in providing professional brand protection services which consist of product integrity threat detection, trademark investigations, product integrity threat investigations, and enforcement. For more information about brand protection programs and other risk mitigation services, do not hesitate to contact Integrity via\u00a0contact<\/b><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>and let us be your partner in protecting your brand and consumers.<\/p>\n

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Also Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n

US Government\u2019s plan to combat the traffic of counterfeit and pirated goods in e-commerce<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What Stakeholder Can Do To Fight the Increasing Sales of Online Counterfeits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Counterfeit Drugs Still Remain Frustration for Indonesia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo by kian zhang<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Covid-19 pandemic has unfortunately\u00a0opened greater opportunities\u00a0for counterfeiters to\u00a0generate\u00a0fast cash. INTERPOL reported that they have seized more than 34,000 counterfeit and substandard masks,\u00a0as well as\u00a0\u201ccorona sprays\u201d, \u201ccoronavirus packages\u201d or \u201ccoronavirus medicines\u201d\u00a0under Operation Pangea XIII.\u00a0The\u00a0police, customs and health regulatory authorities from 90 countries partook part\u00a0in this collective action against the illicit online sale of medicines and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/04\/covid-19-integrityindonesia.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-corporate.integrity-asia.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}