FYI...
US agencies seize 686 websites accused of selling fake drugsICE and the DOJ have now seized more than 1,500 websites for alleged copyright infringement in the past two years
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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232066/US_agencies_seize_686_websites_accused_of_selling_fake_drugsOct 4, 2012 - "Two U.S. agencies have seized 686 websites accused of selling counterfeit and illegal medicines as part of an international crackdown on online sales of fake drugs. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations division, along with the U.S. Department of Justice, seized the websites in the past week... The U.S. operation, nicknamed Bitter Pill, was part of an Interpol operation aimed at disrupting organized crime networks allegedly behind illegal online drug sales. The new seizures by ICE and the DOJ nearly double the number of websites shut down by the agencies in the name of copyright enforcement. As of July, the agencies had seized 839 websites for alleged copyright infringement over the past two years... The new worldwide effort, involving 100 countries, resulted in 79 arrests and the seizure of 3.7 million doses of counterfeit medicines worth an estimated US$10.5 million, ICE said. Worldwide, about 18,000 websites were shuttered during the weeklong operation, which ended Tuesday... The new effort is part of Operation in Our Sites, a two-year-old effort by ICE and the DOJ to target the sale of counterfeit merchandise on the Internet..."
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http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1210/121004washingtondc.htmOct 4, 2012 - "In the largest operation of its kind, 100 countries took part in an international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines..."
Topic: 686 Fake drug sites seized