The profits from the trade are huge, with counterfeit medicines trade accounts being in the region of $60 - 70 billion. Cumulatively the profits from transnational crime are equivalent to the GDP of the 20th wealthiest nation. Mr Lapaque urged delegates to push their governments to ratify and sign treaties and conventions relating to transnational crime, but also to pass and implement legislation that would criminalize and penalize such crime. He urged member states to develop a strategic vision about how to counteract crime and anticipate new forms of transnational crime.