News Archive

Fake COVID-19 meds prominent in latest Operation Pangea
24-Mar-20 - This year’s Operation Pangea has unsurprisingly seen a dramatic uptick in falsified coronavirus products.
UK, US enforcements as fake coronavirus products proliferate
23-Mar-20 - A UK man is charged with selling fake coronavirus treatment kits, and a US site peddling vaccines is shut down.
eBay reviews ‘dupe shoppers into shoddy purchases’
18-Mar-20 - eBay users are being tricked into buying shoddy and fake goods because its review system is flawed, says Which?.
Italy proposes new laws to fight food fraud
17-Mar-20 - Italy tables legislation that it says would help crack down on the country’s big problem with agriculture and food fraud.
CellR launches smart caps to combat fake wines
17-Mar-20 - Australian startup says connected smart cap platform could help wine producers protect bottles from counterfeiting.
Anti-Counterfeit Forum postponed to September 10
16-Mar-20 - The Anti-Counterfeit Forum’s annual seminar has now been postponed until September 10, say its organisers.
In Greece, fake booze is being repurposed as hand sanitiser
16-Mar-20 - Greece says it will convert tonnes of ethanol seized from criminals making illicit alcohol into hand sanitiser.
Fake COVID-19 testing kits intercepted at LA airport
16-Mar-20 - US customs seized six bags containing suspected counterfeit coronavirus test kits arriving from the UK at LAX.
Spectre of adulterated heparin emerges again, in Mexico
16-Mar-20 - The authorities in Mexico have launched an investigation after seven deaths among patients treated with heparin.
MHRA launches new #FakeMeds campaign in UK
11-Mar-20 - The UK regulator is focusing on erectile dysfunction drugs in this phase, following earlier campaigns on diet pills and STI tests.
Europol-led op busts ‘Fast and Furious’ moving truck theft ring
11-Mar-20 - Law enforcement has taken out a crime network that carried out an audacious series of thefts on moving trucks in Europe.
Canada warns of dangerous new ingredient in fake opioids
10-Mar-20 - An ingredient more powerful than fentanyl has been discovered in counterfeit Dilaudid painkillers seized in Canada.
Toyota Australia blocks fake grille sales by parts supplier
10-Mar-20 - Toyota Australia has stopped a large body parts and panels supplier from peddling counterfeit grilles.
CBP make another counterfeit Oral-B seizure in Philly
09-Mar-20 - US customs has made its second seizure of fake Oral-B electric toothbrush heads in the last five months.
Ukraine authorities shutter falsified medicines factory
09-Mar-20 - Ukraine has shut down a production facility for falsified medicines run by a rogue pharma company worker.