Customers are buying medicine at a drug store in Seoul, South Korea.
Customers are buying medicine at a drug store in Seoul, South Korea. Bloomberg
Lyon (Bloomberg) - International Police (Interpol), said on Monday that international agencies have seized fake drugs worth $ 7 million September operating across 13 countries in Asia.
Pharmaceutical drugs including antibiotics and drugs against high blood pressure and even rabies vaccines were seized from the pharmacy and hundreds of markets including online pharmacies as well as some police agency Interpol is trying to prevent the sale of counterfeit pharmaceutical products In areas that are spreading.
Police agency Interpol said in a statement that they detained 87 people during the crackdown, which created The drug law enforcement and regulatory agencies to determine the destination network, which is organized crime behind drug offenses in Asia.
Aline Plancon, head of global health and safety of the agency Interpol, said: «Operation Storm VI shows the complexity and targeted group of criminals who were involved in drug offenses pose a danger to public health and safety of the people.
Countries that participated in the campaign, including Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The World Health Organization has said that counterfeit medicines mainly affect traffic in Asia and Latin America, particularly Africa and Drug Administration Controls on the request of these areas is low. BP
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