Europol takes 165 million of medicines

the hague - European investigators have confiscated over 13 million doses of illegal medicines with a total value of around 165 million euros with a large-scale international action. Related…

The Mismed2 operation began in 2018 under the leadership of the French and Finnish police and eventually extended over sixteen countries. Investigation officers not only intercepted heavy opium-based painkillers, but increasingly also medicines for cancer and heart disease. In addition, they were muscle-strengthening and performance-enhancing drugs. Approximately half of the medicines taken had been counterfeit or fake according to Europol.