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United fight against fake vaccines, a great challenge for the EU

Lisbon, May 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Irene Barahona) As Europe begins to recover from the impact of the pandemic, new threats are emerging, such as the falsification of vaccines, which requires a joint response and "a common law," says the Portuguese Minister of Justice, Francisca Van Dunem, in an interview with Efe.FOOTAGE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH VAN DUNEMTRANSLATION "It is important that above all, here the important thing is that there was a common base. The problem is that in some states, counterfeiting is administrative, not criminal, and that makes obstacles to judicial recovery. Call attention to this type of serious crime that can put at risk the health and life of people who have a common typical picture for the states to cooperate with each other ". "It is a very sensitive matter, worked on by the Secretary of State for Equality. What I can say is that in this matter, on the one hand Portugal signed the Pact of the Istanbul Convention." "Form in a way how we protect victims, how we face victimization, how victims feel protected and empowered, not only to report, but to continue in the process in the consequent phases." "In this period of pandemic, which was a period that placed all of us almost at the limit of our ability to understand each other and to relate to others. It released many ghosts. In some cases, it opened Pandora's box. In this period, the networks social movements were a space for the liberation of hatred, racism, xenophobia and discrimination drives. "