Between 2016 and 2019, more than R250 million worth of illegal viagra and other medicines were seized by SARS during 3,500 seizures.
Criminals are flooding South Africa with dodgy medicines putting our citizens' lives at risk
Criminals are flooding South Africa with dodgy medicines putting our citizens' lives at risk
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Worth of medicine seized
According to the WHO, illicit medicines are a serious problem in South Africa and are easily bought in shops and online.
Twenty minutes is all it took for a reporter from The Times to buy counterfeit Viagra at a recent Johannesburg flea market.
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals often contain toxic ingredients that can be deadly.
Illicit Industries
Medicines
Illegal medicines cause thousands of deaths each year in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the WHO and other health organisations.
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