Police and health officials have warned that criminals will try to sell unregulated COVID-19 treatments as governments start vaccinating citizens against the coronavirus. On December 4, the European Union’s crime agency Europol issued a warning about fake vaccines being sold online. “As [the] vaccine is now becoming available, the large demand will trigger different criminal activities,” Europol spokesperson Jan Op Gen Oorth told DW. This includes circulation of falsified vaccines on illicit markets or their introduction into the legal market, trafficking of fake or substandard vaccines which have fallen out of the cold chain, theft of cargo and even medical waste …
