Nigeria seeks mandatory life terms for medicine counterfeiters
24-Jan-2012
The
government of Nigeria is seeking a compulsory life sentence in jail
for anyone found guilty of medicines counterfeiting, according to
an article in the Tribune newspaper.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
(NAFDAC) is leading a bid that would repeal the current maximum of
15 years imprisonment and replace it with a life term.
The proposed bill would also make it easier to confiscate the
assets of criminals found guilty of participating in the illegal
medicines trade, says the newspaper
article.
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