As part of the seventh annual International Internet Week of Action (IIWA), FDA and Customs and Border Protection detained and seized 583 packages of illegal prescription drugs at mailing facilities in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. These medications were ordered through rogue online drug sellers and websites. Preliminary findings show that certain drug products from abroad, including insulin, estrogen, bimatoprost, human chorionic gonadotropin, tramadol, tadalafil, and sildenafil citrate, were being shipped to United States consumers, notes an FDA press release. In addition to seizing the packages, FDA notified Internet service providers, domain name registrars, and related organizations that nearly 2,000 websites were selling products in violation of US law.
Known as Operation Pangea VII, the IIWA efforts brought together law enforcement, customs, and regulatory authorities from 111 countries. Worldwide, nearly 20,000 packages containing medications purportedly from Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada were seized. In fact, these packages actually contained unapproved or suspected counterfeit medications from other countries, including China, Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Laos, and Malaysia.
IIWA is a collaborative effort involving FDA, INTERPOL, the World Customs Organization, Heads of Medicines Agencies Working Group of Enforcement Officers, and health and law enforcement agencies from the 111 participating countries.
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