Counterfeiting and food fraud are growing threats, which put at risk consumers’ safety and the protection of intellectual property rights. The alteration of food has become a consolidated illicit business, often managed by transnational organized crime, which is attracted by high profits.
The research project has been coordinated and funded by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, Directorate-General for the Fight against Counterfeiting. This work has been carried out with the contribution of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI).
