Posts Tagged ‘pill press’
Pill press update: January through June 2025
Pill presses and molds are used to make fake pills with deadly consequences thousands of people every year. The number of Americans that take fake pills annually without a fatal event is even higher. Read our January through June 2025 report covering pill press seizures, policy developments, and legislation.
[...]Case overview, USA v Capsulcn International Co Ltd et al
In May 2025, the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas unsealed an indictment against a CapsulCN International and three Chinese nationals for their alleged role in the illegal importation of pill-making equipment.
[...]Case overview, USA v Xiaofei Chen
Xaiofei “Sophie” Chen pleaded guilty to illegally importing a pill press and a counterfeit pill mold in April 2025. The Chinese national worked for CapsulCN, which is under indictment for pill press trafficking.
[...]DEA tells e-commerce companies they have compliance obligations for pill press sales on their platforms.
The DEA put all e-commerce platforms on notice of their obligations whenever they facilitate transactions involving pill presses.
[...]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.
[...]Illegal Pill Presses Pose Serious, Nationwide Threat to American Patients and Communities
The Partnership for Safe Medicines and the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators have released an update to 2019’s Illegal Pill Presses: An Overlooked Threat to American Patients.
Since the initial report, fentanyl deaths are higher than ever and these pills – created by clandestine pill presses around the globe – continue to be sold on the streets and on the dark web.
[...]Counterfeit Medicine: Crime and Policy, October 20, 2020
A summary briefing of 2020’s major cases, worrying trends and a deep dive into drug supply chain policy issues.
[...]Raise penalties for drug counterfeiters using illegal pill presses
Drug counterfeiters are rarely prosecuted for using Illegal pill presses, even though the machines cost American lives. Help increase the criminal penalties for those caught distributing controlled substances with them.
[...]Counterfeit Medicines Are a Problem in the European Union—A Problem that is Continuing to Grow
According to a report from Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Threat Assessment 2019, “Counterfeit pharmaceuticals pose a growing threat to the EU, affecting a large number of Member States. A wide and increasingly diverse range of medicines is targeted by counterfeiters.”
The Europol ICP Threat Assessment reports that there has been an increase in seizures of counterfeit drugs used in the treatment of serious illnesses, as well as a growing number of counterfeit drug incidents affecting the legal drug supply chain.
Counterfeiter Who Made At Least 4.3 Million Fake Xanax Pills Sentenced
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Stephan Caamano, who manufactured and sold at least 4.3 million counterfeit Xanax pills, will spend the next 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his crimes…
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