The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Food and Drug Analyst Department joined 191 anti-counterfeit watchdog agencies in 100 countries in ‘Operation Pangea V’, which targeted the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines.
In a press release, the GRA said as a result of this global initiative 18,041 websites were shut down, 106 persons were investigated and 79 persons arrested in one week of operation over the internet. A total of 3,758,393 units of drugs valued US$10,500,000 were seized. Of the 37 public awareness campaigns conducted,
