A worldwide police operation last month seized 9.9 million doses of illicit Pharmaceuticals being sold online, worth a record $41 million. Nearly half of the drugs were seized in the UK, and involved slimming pills and treatments for hair loss and erectile dysfunction. Worldwide, the haul included potentially life-threatening counterfeits such as antibiotics and drugs for breast cancer. The week-lone crackdown. Organised annually by Interpol, saw 99 countries netting nearly three times as many counterfeit pills as last year. Ten thousand online pharmacies were shut down, and 58 people arrested, after Interpol tracked them via internet service providers, online payments and police raids.
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