"The Ministry of Health seized 1.75 million fake Viagra pills at customs clearance in the Ghuwaifat checkpoint.
A company was trying to clear the fake drug to be exported.
The border authorities refused to let the shipment through and returned it to Ghuwaifat, where it was held after the Registration and Control Department at the Ministry of Health found out that the shipment of 86 boxes containing 1,750,000 Viagra tablets was not registered at the ministry.
Dr Ameen Bin Hussain Al Amiri, executive director for Medical Practices and Licensing at the ministry, said the seized drugs were prohibited and not legally registered.
He said the company obtained a certificate of origin from a chamber of commerce and industry in the UAE to export the shipment, without referring to the Ministry of Health to ensure that the drug is registered and safe for use.
The ministry informed Abu Dhabi Police to take official procedures and hold the shipment and any other amounts that may be available at the company's warehouses in a northern emirate.
Concerned bodies were informed to find out how the shipment entered the country, and chambers of commerce were asked to stop issuing certificates of origin for drugs before obtaining the ministry's approval."
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Spanish UG busted for producing fake ED meds, Botox, Xanax etc
Calpe was the location of a raid by police which uncovered over 150,000 fake Viagra pills, the biggest haul of dodgy Viagra tablets ever found in Spain. The police arrested five people in connection with “producing pharmaceuticals without any sanitary control”.
It is understood that the drugs were distributed via a courier company, after their customers purchased the “little blue pills’ via the internet. The “company” also distributed BZP (benzylpiperazine) powder, Xanax (anxiolytic) and Kamagra, whose effects are similar to those of Viagra, among other products.
Those detained were also producing a version of Botox, a potentially dangerous drug, as it works by poisoning the patient, so any variation in the substance could have serious consequences.
It is understood that the drugs were distributed via a courier company, after their customers purchased the “little blue pills’ via the internet. The “company” also distributed BZP (benzylpiperazine) powder, Xanax (anxiolytic) and Kamagra, whose effects are similar to those of Viagra, among other products.
Those detained were also producing a version of Botox, a potentially dangerous drug, as it works by poisoning the patient, so any variation in the substance could have serious consequences.
Two Israelis arrested after 30,000 fake impotence pills found.
Two men suspected of producing fake pills and potions to "treat" impotence were arrested by Herzliya Police last week.
The Health Ministry's unit to combat pharmaceutical crime assisted the police, who seized 30,000 tablets and little bottles of a product called "Herba Gra for sex-life improvement" as well as dozens of counterfeit Viagra and Cialis erectile dysfunction drugs.
In the investigation, one of the suspects - who lives in Herzliya - said that he manufactures the products and packages them in a warehouse in Kfar Manda in the Galilee for people in east Jerusalem, who important the "active ingredient" from China.
The warehouse was also raided by police, who found pill-making machines, along with chemicals, blister packets for pills and aluminum foil to seal them into the blisters.
The suspect said he did not know what was contained in the pills but knew only that the active ingredient came from China. The ministry's lab found that this active ingredient was sildenafil, which is in fact the main component of Viagra and Cialis.
In 2005, the ministry received a request from a number of east Jerusalem and Ramallah residents for a license to market Herba-Gra, which they claimed was an "herbal mixture." It was given for a year and renewed from time to time, the ministry said.
Finally, ministry suspicions led to the police action.
The Health Ministry's unit to combat pharmaceutical crime assisted the police, who seized 30,000 tablets and little bottles of a product called "Herba Gra for sex-life improvement" as well as dozens of counterfeit Viagra and Cialis erectile dysfunction drugs.
In the investigation, one of the suspects - who lives in Herzliya - said that he manufactures the products and packages them in a warehouse in Kfar Manda in the Galilee for people in east Jerusalem, who important the "active ingredient" from China.
The warehouse was also raided by police, who found pill-making machines, along with chemicals, blister packets for pills and aluminum foil to seal them into the blisters.
The suspect said he did not know what was contained in the pills but knew only that the active ingredient came from China. The ministry's lab found that this active ingredient was sildenafil, which is in fact the main component of Viagra and Cialis.
In 2005, the ministry received a request from a number of east Jerusalem and Ramallah residents for a license to market Herba-Gra, which they claimed was an "herbal mixture." It was given for a year and renewed from time to time, the ministry said.
Finally, ministry suspicions led to the police action.
Miami Customs Seizes Fifty Pounds Of Counterfeit Viagra.
"A shipment believed to contain 21,600 Viagra pills turned out to be counterfeit, U.S. Customs & Border Protection officials said.
The 50-pound shipment was coming from India and in transit to another country when officials intercepted it at Miami International Airport on Monday. Samples were taken to a CBP specialist who determined that they were not consistent with the authentic Viagra.
"We don't believe it was meant for the United States," said Jose Castellanos, chief with the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. "It has happened in the past, but this was a larger shipment than we have usually found. It's a good amount of contraband."
The 50-pound shipment was coming from India and in transit to another country when officials intercepted it at Miami International Airport on Monday. Samples were taken to a CBP specialist who determined that they were not consistent with the authentic Viagra.
"We don't believe it was meant for the United States," said Jose Castellanos, chief with the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. "It has happened in the past, but this was a larger shipment than we have usually found. It's a good amount of contraband."
Three Israelis charged with selling $1 million-worth of fake Viagra and Cialis tablets from their websites.
"Three residents of central Israel were indicted Monday for selling fake Viagra and Cialis pills between 2003 and 2005, to the amount of $1 million. The State Prosecutor's Office filed formal fraud, negligence, conspiracy to commit a crime and illegal transaction charges against Erez Lavev, 39, Motti Mistrialli, 37, and Yitzhak Alon, 39, with the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court.
According to the indictment, the three sold fake erectile dysfunction medication through a website they owned and operated. The fraud, said the state began back in 2003, when the pills first began selling in Israel. The prosecution alleged that the website claimed the pills were the original medications. The three also advertised their services with other websites.
The clients, believing they were buying the real pills, paid using credit cards. The three deposited the funds in an account set up with a Cyprus bank. In order to further defraud authorities, claimed the prosecution, the three marked their goods – when sent to customers – as "documents" and included a fictitious return address.
According to the indictment, the three swindled over 2,000 customers between 2003 and 2005, making nearly $1 million in the process. The three are also facing negligence charges for failing to obtain the proper medical information about their clients, "thus endangering lives."
According to the indictment, the three sold fake erectile dysfunction medication through a website they owned and operated. The fraud, said the state began back in 2003, when the pills first began selling in Israel. The prosecution alleged that the website claimed the pills were the original medications. The three also advertised their services with other websites.
The clients, believing they were buying the real pills, paid using credit cards. The three deposited the funds in an account set up with a Cyprus bank. In order to further defraud authorities, claimed the prosecution, the three marked their goods – when sent to customers – as "documents" and included a fictitious return address.
According to the indictment, the three swindled over 2,000 customers between 2003 and 2005, making nearly $1 million in the process. The three are also facing negligence charges for failing to obtain the proper medical information about their clients, "thus endangering lives."
China's most infamous fake Viagra seller in extradition battle with the USA.
"The United States and China appear to be in a custodial tug of war over a suspected Chinese importer of counterfeit Viagra and Xenical tablets, whom the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) placed on “provisional arrest” for extradition to Texas.
In a diplomatic note dated Sept. 30 and sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Chinese embassy in Manila expressed its strong opposition to the extradition to the US of its citizen Miao Qun Huang, alias Cherry Wong.
Investigation by US authorities showed that Huang exported to the US counterfeit sex enhancement medicines Viagra and Cialis and slimming treatments Xenical and Reductil."
Cherry had appeared in US court documents as the supplier in numerous busts of domestic fake Viagra sellers and also appeared in at least two investigative TV reports into the counterfeit pharmaceutical trade ( one was the award winning "Bitter Pills" by Dateline ).
The adverts for her products can still be found via Google on numerous trade web sites.
In a diplomatic note dated Sept. 30 and sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Chinese embassy in Manila expressed its strong opposition to the extradition to the US of its citizen Miao Qun Huang, alias Cherry Wong.
Investigation by US authorities showed that Huang exported to the US counterfeit sex enhancement medicines Viagra and Cialis and slimming treatments Xenical and Reductil."
Cherry had appeared in US court documents as the supplier in numerous busts of domestic fake Viagra sellers and also appeared in at least two investigative TV reports into the counterfeit pharmaceutical trade ( one was the award winning "Bitter Pills" by Dateline ).
The adverts for her products can still be found via Google on numerous trade web sites.
Fake Viagra distributor in Israel caught with pants down.
Thousands of fake Viagra and Cialis pills were recently seized in a joint effort by the Israel Police and the Health Ministry's Unit Against Pharmaceutical Crime.
A few weeks ago, the authorities received information that an importer and distributor of sex toys had imported large amounts of empty capsules and sold them to the illegal drug industry whose products are sold in kiosks. The drug unit of the Customs Authority at Ben-Gurion Airport was informed.
Inspectors examined shipments brought in by this importer, and the empty capsules were found. No legal documents were available. More recently it was learned that this same man distributes large amounts of phoney Viagra and Cialis pills. A Petah Tikva warehouse owned by the importer was searched, and 1,500 pills were found. Legitimate erectile function pills sell for about NIS 60 apiece, thus the potential black-market profits are huge. The man was arrested and is being questioned by the police.
A few weeks ago, the authorities received information that an importer and distributor of sex toys had imported large amounts of empty capsules and sold them to the illegal drug industry whose products are sold in kiosks. The drug unit of the Customs Authority at Ben-Gurion Airport was informed.
Inspectors examined shipments brought in by this importer, and the empty capsules were found. No legal documents were available. More recently it was learned that this same man distributes large amounts of phoney Viagra and Cialis pills. A Petah Tikva warehouse owned by the importer was searched, and 1,500 pills were found. Legitimate erectile function pills sell for about NIS 60 apiece, thus the potential black-market profits are huge. The man was arrested and is being questioned by the police.
Germany cracking down on online Viagra sales.
"German customs authorities said Wednesday they had smashed a ring selling millions of counterfeit male potency tablets online from India and other Asian countries after raids in five cities.
The operation involving 60 customs officerscersseven prosecutors and 25 tax investigators turned up a stockpile of 46,000 pills destined for mail-order distribution, the customs office in the western city of Essen said.
Seven people were detained in the raids throughout the surrounding Ruhr Valley region carried out in early May after a months-long probe. Four have since been remanded in custody.
"The medication, which requires a prescription, was sold via so-called online pharmacies on the Internet," the customs office said in a statement."
The operation involving 60 customs officerscersseven prosecutors and 25 tax investigators turned up a stockpile of 46,000 pills destined for mail-order distribution, the customs office in the western city of Essen said.
Seven people were detained in the raids throughout the surrounding Ruhr Valley region carried out in early May after a months-long probe. Four have since been remanded in custody.
"The medication, which requires a prescription, was sold via so-called online pharmacies on the Internet," the customs office said in a statement."
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