18-Feb-2021
Police in northern Mexico have taken six people into custody on suspicion of trafficking in counterfeit coronavirus vaccines.
The arrests come shortly after the Mexican authorities warned that organised criminal networks have set up laboratories to manufacture falsified vaccines for COVID-19, and also planned to steal legitimate stocks in the supply chain.
Local press reports suggest that the latest arrests were made in the state of Nuevo León, and involved individuals suspected of trafficking in counterfeits of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine.
The shots were being offered for sale at a facility – called ‘Spine Clinic by Imperio’ – in the city of Monterrey at around $2,000 per dose, according to an
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