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Video Series – Operation Denial: OCDETF shuts down a three-country fentanyl trafficking conspiracy
A teenager dying in North Dakota bought down a fentanyl conspiracy ring that spanned three nations and two continents.
Watch part 4 to learn about the technology that made this ring possible.
[...]November 29, 2021: CBP and FDA seize 26,000 unapproved contact lenses
In the past, contact lenses like these have been contaminated with harmful bacteria.
[...]November 22, 2021: 100,000 People Lost To Drugs Between April 2020 And 2021
Drug deaths in the twelve months ending in April 2021 increased 28% over the same period the previous year. The tragic increase is fueled by fentanyl and its analogues being added to the entire spectrum of illicit drugs.
[...]November 15, 2021: Feds indict alleged fake cough syrup ring in Texas
Federal authorities have indicted nine Texans who allegedly sold almost $53 million in counterfeit cough syrup over the last seven years. Learn more about this case and catch up on the rest of this week’s counterfeit medicine news.
[...]Criminals in the US are still making fake pills with pill presses. What should state legislatures do about it?
As counterfeit pills made with dangerous substances proliferate in the U.S., lawmakers and regulators are grappling with whether stronger penalties for the misuse of pill presses or tighter control of the machines would deter homegrown pill makers. We have looked at this issue and here’s what we found.
[...]November 8, 2021: Mexico makes largest fentanyl seizure ever
The Mexican army estimated that the bust may disrupt the production of about 70 million of the blue fentanyl pills every month. Catch up on all of last week’s news about counterfeit medicine.
[...]November 1, 2021 : Feds and Europol Disrupt Darknet Drug Sales
Operation Dark HunTor stopped Darknet sellers in seven states and Washington D.C. Click here for links to this and 29 other stories about fakes medicine.
[...]October 25, 2021: Some Cleveland Clinic employees got COVID after a company supplied them with 400K N95 masks.
A Pennsylvania company is being investigated for selling fake N95 masks to as many as 20 medical facilities across the country—including the Cleveland Clinic. Catch up on this story and more of last week’s safe medicines news.
[...]October 18, 2021: 33 years for fentanyl trafficker indicted in Operation Denial
40-year-old Steven Barros Pintos was prosecuted as part of a long running investigation into a fentanyl and fentanyl pill trafficking ring that spanned Canada, China and the U.S.
[...]Fake Adderall pills spread across the U.S.
Counterfeit Adderall made with methamphetamine is not a new problem, but it is exploding in the shadow of the fentanyl pill epidemic. As of September 2021, these counterfeits had been found in 19 states.
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