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Operation Stolen Promise: COVID-19 & the Medical Supply Chain

This July 2020 testimony before the US Senate Committee on Finance was delivered by Steve Francis, Assistant Director for Global Trade Investigations Division and Director of The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. In these prepared remarks, Mr Francis addresses protecting the integrity of the US medical supply chain and concentrates on COVID-19-related fraud and criminal activity as identified under the auspices of Operation Stolen Promise. The document summarizes the progress of 579 nationwide investigations and looks at trends and weaknesses for future investigations.