The World Health Organization has warned of a sharp rise in fake medicines purporting to cure COVID-19, many of which are potentially dangerous in their own right.
In what one expert described as a "parallel pandemic, of substandard and falsified products," many desperate consumers are turning to online hucksters offering coronavirus "cures" as well as substandard face masks and protective gear.
Interpol has reported that its global pharmaceutical crime-fighting unit, Operation Pangea, made 121 arrests across 90 countries in just seven days, including the seizure of dangerous pharmaceuticals worth over $14 million U.S. "The illicit trade in such counterfeit medical items during a public health crisis, shows a total disregard for people's
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