About illegal drugs or devices barred from entering Portugal – News
reply sent today to the Lusa agency, Infarmed that took place between 23 and 30 countries belonging to the operation “23 and 30 took place between 23 and 30 countries International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
According to Interpol data released Wednesday, in the total of the international operation that mainly targeted online pharmacies, more than 7,800 illicit or fake products were seized.
765 packages of the possible operations in which the Portuguese authorized orders took place were prevented from entering Portugal of 3,456 units of medicines or operational devices with a value of more than 10 thousand euros”, reinforces Infarmed in its response to the Lusa agency regarding data. nationals of this operation.
The alert that, although an AT body and Infarmed continue to actively participate in this and other awareness-raising operations and alerts to this problem, “there are non-consumers who continue to take risks and serious incidents to their health when purchasing medicines over the internet”. on sites not authorized for that purpose”.
The awareness-raising in the Pangea XV operation and the collaboration between the entities according to Infarmed “show the importance of continuing Portugal, participation in the participation of the national public and in cooperation actions, at an international and level, to combat this illicit trade, with a view to the protection of public health”.
The national medicine authority emphasizes that every day, the Internet is invaded by advertisements with medicines, whether on social networks or on ‘websites’ and that appealing in these ‘marketing’ strategies, fraudulent products that seriously threaten health are often hidden. of consumers”.
The global trade in illicit illicit pharmaceuticals is organized – a wide range of €4 million organized groups involving the entire world.
Fighting to combat this global phenomenon, between 23 and 30, in 94 countries of various culminations, according to the data provided, with “the operation of the activity of at least 36 organized crime groups and with apprehensions, throughout the eight world, of three million counterfeit, lethal medical devices and units of more than an estimated value of millions of euros”.
Of the medical devices seized, tests for covid-19 protection and also personal protective masks stand out.
Infarmed also highlights that, during a week in which the operation took place, more than 4,000 ‘links’ from websites were investigated, mostly from social networks and messaging applications, and more than 700, containing advertisements of illicit products, were closed.
2,000 postal transport packages and 3,80 mail distribution centers, borders and express mail or cargo distribution centers.
The operation started 600 new discoveries and the mission more than 20 searches worldwide.
Among the counterfeit and illegal drugs, erectile dysfunction stands out, with 40% of the products seized, known, paranabolic steroids, anabolic steroids and drugs to other therapies.
Operation Pana XV was coordinated by Europol, the UNODC-WCO (UNODC-WCO) and the United Nations Security Institute, customs and health regulatory authorities of the 94 countries. participants.