Counterfeit Medications category

Crackdown on Counterfeiting Criminals

Posted: Tuesday, 4 August, 2009 | Categories: Slimming Pills, Counterfeit Medications

A upsurge in the activities of criminal gangs based in Britain has lead police chiefs to promise a crackdown, after fears were raised that they would push up the rate of illegal sales of counterfeit medications, particularly slimming pills

Law enforces plan to use “Al Capone” style tactics to get the country’s 30,000 organised criminals behind bars. They have said that if they can’t arrest them for drugs or people trafficking offences, then they will get them for tax evasion.
In a report released by the government, it became clear that the recession was only boosting their activities, particularly in the field of producing counterfeit goods. They warned that the slimming pill market was especially vulnerable to this, as well as other lifestyle medications like Viagra.

Counterfeiting medications, especially diet pills and erectile dysfunction medications, has become a very lucrative option for criminal gangs. However while the majority of criminal activity in this field was generally restricted to places like South East Asia, it has become apparent that home-grown crooks are seeking to get in on the action.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson said, “We are sending a clear message to these networks that we are doing everything in our power to stop them threatening our safety, damaging our communities and subverting our economy."