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4 Мар 2021

Автор:
Helen Warrell, Financial Times (UK)

Chinese and South African police seize counterfeit Covid jabs

"Chinese and South African police seize fake Covid vaccines", 4 March 2021

Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of fake Covid-19 vaccines and made more than 80 arrests after uncovering a criminal network that was distributing counterfeit jabs, according to Interpol.

The export scam was found out after police in eastern China identified a network selling counterfeit inoculations. Officers raided a manufacturing premises and found more than 3,000 fake vaccines. More than 80 people were arrested.

Separately, South African police officers found 400 ampoules of fake vaccine, enough for about 2,400 doses, at a warehouse just outside Johannesburg. The officers also confiscated a large quantity of counterfeit masks and arrested three Chinese nationals and one Zambian.

The joint investigation was co-ordinated by Interpol’s illicit goods and global health programme, which has been working to prevent criminals from exploiting the disruption caused by the pandemic. Jürgen Stock, Interpol’s secretary-general, warned that the discovery of this network represented “only the tip of the iceberg” of vaccine-related crime. The agency is tracking other reports of fake vaccine distribution and scam attempts targeting health bodies, such as nursing homes. [...]