The International Criminal Police Organization or Interpol’s chief Juergen Stock on December 21 predicted a hike in organised crimes related to acquiring COVID-19 vaccines as several nations begin administering people with the doses hoping to control the pandemic. While talking to business weekly WirtschaftsWoche and later posting on Twitter, Stock warned against the hike in crimes including thefts, warehouse break-ins and even attack vaccine shipments.
Calling vaccines “liquid gold”, Interpol chief alerted about the crime network benefitting from the entire pandemic. Stock’s remarks came as at least 16 countries have already approved the vaccine produced by German company BioNTech in collaboration with US giant Pfizer. As per reports, the secretary-general of the France-based global policing agency also said that he is expecting more graft cases related to COVID-19 vaccines. He noted that “corruption will be rampant” in areas where the doses are available sooner than the rest of the world.
