South African Police shut down three counterfeit drug making plants last weekend in an INTERPOL-co-ordinated operation that seized 150 tonnes of fake medicines.
Millions of fake pharmaceuticals seized earlier today were imported from Asia by an organised crime group that planned to sell them online say European law enforcement agencies that co-ordinated the swoop.
The US pharma industry in 2012 saw the lowest number of reported cargo thefts and the lowest average value per incident since the data collection began in 1996.
A week of global anti-counterfeiting law enforcement coordinated by Interpol led to the shutdown of 290 websites, seizure of 11,000 packages and confiscation of 1m pills.
