This originally appeared a few months ago in The Guardian, but I just ran across it cited in a more recent article.
The story has to do with cracking down on sale of counterfeit medications. What caught my eye was this:
Most of the fake pharmacy websites are facilitated by Chinese or Russian criminal organisations, says the MHRA, while counterfeit drugs are most often made in China or India.So, in addition to the possibility of getting fake Viagra there's also the potential for getting further ripped off by the Russian mob? Scary stuff...
An additional danger for those wanting to buy their medicines online is that they may put their identity and financial details into the hands of organised crime, it adds.
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