System for detecting counterfeit products

A method for detecting a package, containing an illegal product, such as drugs or illegitimate medicine, preferably in an associated package sortation facility, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

• providing at least one database for illegal packages comprising information of previously found illegal packages,
• providing data of information of at least one package, preferably visible information, the information being at least one of:
• text data;
• preferably being data of the sender and/or receiver of the package such as one or more of name, company, address, postcode, phone number, and/or
• image data;
• preferably being data of one or more of stickers on the package, such as barcode or logo, delivery partner, customs declaration, shipping label, packaging material, packaging colour, physical information data, such as size or weight,
• uploading and storing the provided data, preferably text and/or image, to the database for illegal packages,
• comparing the provided data of the package to data already stored in the database and search for matches,
• detecting exact data matches or high similarity data matches,
• if any exact matches or high similarity matches;
• determine the possibility, preferably in %, of the package being a package containing illegal products by using a comparison algorithm,
• if the possibility of an illegal product is higher than a pre-determined threshold, the package is selected for further investigation,
• if further investigation results in a positive illegal determination, handing over the package to the responsible entity, preferably the Customs and/or the Police, or
• if further investigation result in a negative illegal determination, the package is free to proceed as normal, or
• if it is not clear whether the content of the package is being a illegal product, communicating with a specialist, preferably from the Customs and/or the Police, and share data of the package and then take a decision on the content of the package being counterfeit or not, or
• if none exact matches or high similarity matches, no further analysis is made.