Global pharmaceutical syndicate dismantled

The sheer scale of the operation highlights the borderless nature of health-related financial crime.

Europol has announced the conclusion of one of the largest coordinated law enforcement actions in recent years, resulting in the prosecution of 3,354 individuals and the seizure of illegal health products valued at over €33m ($39m).

Called Operation SHIELD VI, the initiative functioned as a global crackdown on the trafficking of

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