The Spam Cryer

Operation Pangea – Pharmacies taken offline in 9 countries

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November 14th, 2008

Operation Pangea – Interpol, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) UK, US Food and Drug Administration and 6 other organizations under the direction of World Health Organizations’ International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce and the Permanent Forum on International Pharmaceutical Crime were successful in raid on Pharmacies operated out of Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.

These raids were against the owners and operators of online drug peddling operations that may or may not be filling the ‘online prescriptions’ with legitimate product. This is interesting to the Spam Cryer because about 50% of the spam today is pushing these online pharmacies. Hopefully this will reduce your spam load in the short term.

Another victory in the war on spam!

let’s hope that these raids and shutdown efforts become the norm and not just a once off effort by these organizations.

For more information on the raids:

• http://www.mhra.gov.uk/NewsCentre/Pressreleases/CON030988

- The Spam Cryer

Entry Filed under: Bulletins, Online Scams