October 3rd 2025, Lyon - TRACIT's Director of Programs, Suriya Padmanaabhan, joined INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea XVII Debrief in Lyon to present TRACIT’s contribution to the operation against illicit pharmaceuticals. She highlighted the organization’s law enforcement training based on the UPU-TRACIT Illicit Pharma Detection Guide and underscored the urgent need to strengthen controls over online pharmaceutical trade. More

October 1st 2025, Lyon - TRACIT's Director General, Jeffrey Hardy, moderated a panel on on forced and child labor in illicit trade at the Interpol 2025 IP Crime Conference with speakers from IP House and the Anti Slavery Collective. He highlighted TRACIT’s UK-based partnership with ACG and urged INTERPOL to expand police training to identify and report forced and child labor in counterfeit production. More

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The Council of the European Union has confirmed that IP crime and counterfeiting will remain a priority in the upcoming EMPACT 2026–2029 cycle.

​TRACIT's Esteban Jorge Giudici joined a Strategy Meeting panel on tackling illicit trade in the postal supply chain with the UPAEP - Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal Regional Post-Customs.