Crime: Interpol Confiscates Millions of Doses of Counterfeit Drugs
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Investigators have found large amounts of illegal drugs during international raids, most of which were confiscated by Interpol in the UK and Colombia.
International investigators have arrested hundreds of people who are said to have distributed counterfeit drugs via the Internet, including ivermectin, which is sold as an alternative cancer drug.
After a focus campaign led by Interpol, a global blow could be made against a criminal network in the drug trade. As part of Operation Pangea XVIII, more than 6.4 million doses of unapproved or counterfeit drugs worth around 15.5 million US dollars were secured in around 90 countries, including Austria. "In extreme cases, the drugs seized could cost their lives" The drugs were mainly supposed to be potency drugs, sedatives and painkillers, antib…
In the event of a large-scale strike, the investigators confiscated counterfeit and unapproved drugs worth millions of euros. More than 6.4 million doses were collected, as the international police organization Interpol, based in Lyon, announced on Thursday. Accordingly, the substances have a value of 15.5 million US dollars (about 13.2 million euros). Austria was also affected. According to [...]
INTERPOL announces that under Operation Pangea XVIII, carried out in 90 states, including Romania and Bulgaria, 6.42 million doses of counterfeit pharmaceuticals worth $15.5 million have been confiscated.
Interpol investigators have seized 6.4 million doses of counterfeit and unauthorized medicines worth 15.5 million US dollars (approximately 13.2 million euros) in a large-scale operation, the Lyon-based international police organization announced on Thursday, TASR reports, citing the DPA agency.
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