vegetables. the market for fake drugs is worth vegetables. the market for fake drugs is worth around drugs is worth around 200 billion us dollars worldwide each year. world customs is an international organisation that works with local customs officers to deal with this kind officers to deal with this kind of crime. right now, they are seizing drugs and 145 countries. it s their biggest ever crackdown on counterfeit medicines. ever crackdown on counterfeit medicines- medicines. and the pandemic started, medicines. and the pandemic started. we medicines. and the pandemic started, we received - medicines. and the pandemic started, we received some i started, we received some information regarding the increase of medicines and also medical equipment linked to covid 19, and then he took action to set up the first group operation linked to covid 19. group operation linked to covid-19- group operation linked to covid-19. ,, . ., ., covid-19. since the operation bean, covid-19. since
medicines or medical device is made or transported here without the right authorisation are automatically classified as steak, and the sacs are full of them. across town to a more fake medicines have been found. this driver was on his way to the main markets. inside his bag are 50 kilos of tramadol, a strong prescription painkiller. he says he knows nothing about it, but back at his house, officers discover more drugs. all the items seized this morning are stored in a warehouse, where they are checked, reported to authorities and then destroyed. we have seized 39 kilos of facemasks and more than six tonnes of illegal pharmaceuticals. smugglers have lots of checks, they removed their backseats to make my space, sometimes they change their licence plates or at bay hide products among fruit and vegetables. the hide products among fruit and vegetables- hide products among fruit and venetables. ., ~ ., ., ~ vegetables. the market for fake dru . s is
2016, the government changed its approach. this market was once known as benin s open air pharmacy, but now there are no medicines for sale on display. leads to cell fake drugs there, but the government seized our medicines, so we had to change our goods. many sellers went bankrupt and had to go back to their villages, bankrupt and had to go back to theirvillages, like bankrupt and had to go back to their villages, like the person who owns this choppy for me. i have heard that a lot of people suffer from have heard that a lot of people sufferfrom kidney failure have heard that a lot of people suffer from kidney failure and benin and we were blamed for it, so overall, i think it s a good fight. it, so overall, i think it s a good fight- it, so overall, i think it s a good fight. the fight against fake medicines good fight. the fight against fake medicines is good fight. the fight against fake medicines is ongoing, i good fight. the fight against i fake medicines is ongoing, and wit