The ratified Medicrime Convention, which will come into force in January 1st, 2016, establishes prison sentences for pharmaceutical crimes. Spain is one of the first countries in the world in tackling this problem after the ratification of Medicrime Convention -Spain is the second country in the world in ratifying the convention after Guinea -. The aforementioned Medicrime Convention criminalizes not only the manufacturing of counterfeit medicinal products, but also the supply and traffic of counterfeit medicines,the forgery of documentation and the distribution of unauthorized medicinal products
