Chinese gangs ‘behind fake drugs’
Trans-national ethnic Chinese gangs are behind the growing trade in counterfeit anti-malarial drugs in South East Asia, the BBC has been told.
John Newton, a senior investigator with Interpol, said counterfeits are now starting to appear in Africa too.
He said the gangs involved organised criminals working across national boundaries and faking the drugs on an industrial scale.
By Jill McGivering
4 June 2007