2014
DOI: 10.1177/1477370814554722
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Abstract: There is widespread agreement that the Internet is a primary market for counterfeit pharmaceuticals, but this issue has been under-investigated by criminologists. In order to effectively control this dangerous trade, considerably more knowledge about it must be assembled. This study contributes to this domain by looking at how the Internet is used to facilitate the trade in counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Based on interviews and investigative cases analysed through a crime script, this study pinpoints the crimina… Show more

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“…There are a number of studies that use CSA to understand criminal cases in mostly the physical [41][42][43][44][45], but also in the digital, domain [46][47][48]. In particular, Lavorgna [48] uses CSA to examine the trade in counterfeit drugs.…”
Section: Situational Crime Prevention and Crime Displacementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are a number of studies that use CSA to understand criminal cases in mostly the physical [41][42][43][44][45], but also in the digital, domain [46][47][48]. In particular, Lavorgna [48] uses CSA to examine the trade in counterfeit drugs.…”
Section: Situational Crime Prevention and Crime Displacementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Online retail is reported to be one sourcing route for NPS, in addition to offline interactions via friends and local contacts (Sande, 2016;Soussan & Kjellgren, 2016;van Amsterdam et al, 2015). The Surface Web is used in the accessing of information around retail, synthesis and cultivation processes, and how to circumvent national legislative controls (Lavorgna, 2014(Lavorgna, :2016van Amsterdam et al, 2015). Growing use of online drug fora for support and information sharing is observed (Hearne & Van Hout, 2016;Rosino & Linders, 2015;Soussan & Kjellgren, 2015Van Hout, 2014; Van Hout & Hearne, 2015a:b).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Europe, the legal pharmaceutical supply chain is largely safe because of effective control policies set by national authorities (Bate, 2012). Thus, the illicit supply of medicines primarily takes place throughout 'hidden', illicit and online supply chains that span the globe, with limited products infiltrating the legitimate and strictly controlled supply chain (ibid; see also Lavorgna, 2014).…”
Section: Modus Operandi and Actorsmentioning
confidence: 99%