Starting from manufacturing and selling fake health care products across provinces： ＂three noes＂ aphrodisiacs become ＂explosions＂
Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, May 22nd Question: Why did the "three noes" aphrodisiac become the "explosion" of the network? — — Starting from the inter-provincial manufacturing and selling fake health care products chain
Xinhua News Agency reporter Jianqiang Liang
Several handfuls of sildenafil powder and several handfuls of corn flour are mixed and stirred in the washbasin, and then put into capsules. The exquisite packaging box is grandly marked with the functions of "strengthening yang" and "tonifying kidney deficiency" — — In this way, "health products" without formal manufacturers, accurate production dates and relevant quality tests have been sold to more than 20 provinces through the Internet.
Why can the "three no health products" processed in small workshops sell well or even become "explosions" on the network platform? The reporter conducted an investigation.
A batch of online shopping low-priced health care products led to a major case of selling fakes.
In February this year, Mr. Li, who intends to open a health care product store, purchased a batch of goods from the online platform. After the arrival of the goods, some of the health care products aroused his suspicion.
"I may have bought some fakes online." Mr. Li chose to call the police. The police sent these suspicious products with the words "quick-acting aphrodisiac" printed on the boxes to the food and drug supervision and administration department for testing. The test found that there were no formal manufacturers of many products submitted for inspection, belonging to "three noes" counterfeit drugs, and sildenafil commonly known as "Viagra" was illegally added.
How did such "health products" enter the market?
The public security organs traced it and found that these counterfeit drugs were purchased from a shop in a group shopping APP — — "Heroes Paradise" is owned by Wang, a native of Shandong. After on-the-spot investigation, the police locked a two-story building suspected of being a warehouse and delivery den.
Recently, the police successfully arrested Wang after continuous investigation and control.
The police of the task force involved in handling the case revealed that when the police entered the building, the staff were still busy counting and packing the goods to be sent. In the room, there are huge cartons containing thousands of boxes of different kinds of "health products" such as "tiger tiger gives birth to power". On the second floor, there are many computers, and the customer service staff are busy answering customer inquiries, filling out express orders, printing invoices and so on.
Three places form a chain of manufacturing and selling fake goods.
Where does the "three noes" fake medicine come from? The task force tracked and found that a chain of counterfeiting and selling fakes involving Hubei, Henan and Shandong has been formed.
The police tracked down and found that a batch of sildenafil was transported from Wuhan to Zhengzhou. In a fake den, the case-handling personnel arrested Wang Momin, who was suspected of making fake drugs, and seized more than 10,000 semi-finished fake drug capsules.
According to Wang Momin’s confession, since May 2017, she has organized and produced more than 10 kinds of "health products" such as Deer Whip Pill, Flower Picker, American Panther and Tiger Tiger Tiger, but it does not have the production qualification related to food and medicine.
Wang Momin bought 75 kilograms of sildenafil powder from Wuhan at a price of 10,000 yuan per 25 kilograms. There is no standard in the production process, the site has not been disinfected, and the dosage of sildenafil is also very random.
"Usually, a few handfuls of sildenafil powder and a few handfuls of corn flour are poured into the washbasin, stirred, scooped with capsules and covered, and it is made." Wang Momin confessed, "Corn flour is bought from the vegetable market in Zhengzhou, and how much sildenafil is put depends on estimation."
The cost of a box of "health products" produced in this way is only a few cents, but the price in the network ranges from more than ten yuan to dozens of yuan.
According to the investigators, although the "health products" produced by this den have different packaging, the ingredients are actually exactly the same. In the instructions of some products, it is claimed that "patients with heart disease and hypertension can take it", but in fact, for people with cardiovascular diseases, improper use of sildenafil is easy to cause harm to the body, and excessive dosage may even lead to sudden death.
The police initially estimated that the sildenafil purchased by Wang Momin was enough to produce millions of counterfeit drugs.
80,000 yuan "swipe" has become a network "explosion"
In Hubei, the police locked the source of sildenafil; At Wang Momin’s production den in Zhengzhou, the police seized more than 10,000 semi-finished counterfeit capsules; In addition, the police in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province seized more than 100,000 counterfeit drugs from the sales warehouse of Wang, who sold the products. The total value involved is expected to exceed 5 million yuan.
Why can the "three no health products" processed in small workshops sell well in the network platform? The reporter’s investigation found that the online "brushing" makes the sales volume "virtual high", which is one of the important ways for criminal suspects to attract business.
Police investigation found that in 2017, Wang opened a number of online stores on Pinduoduo. Subsequently, he put on the shelves a variety of "health products" such as "Tiger Tiger gives birth to power" and "German Black King Kong". In order to allow more customers to see their own shops when searching, he has invested nearly 80,000 yuan to "swipe the bill" and turned the goods into "explosions".
With the help of "brushing" to forge sales, Wang’s business has improved significantly. Taking January this year as an example, Wang sold more than 6,000 counterfeit drugs.
Relevant sales records show that since Wang opened an online store, various "health products" have been sold to more than 20 provinces. After the abnormal business conditions such as "brushing the bill" were discovered by the online platform, Wang was fined 77,000 yuan.
Shang Zhongsheng, an expert on social issues and deputy director of the Research Center for Urban Security and Social Management of Wuhan University, believes that cross-provincial counterfeiting and sales have formed a chain and become an "explosion" in the network, indicating that there are omissions at the regulatory level. "On the one hand, relevant departments such as industry and commerce, food and drug supervision, and public security need to strengthen linkage and form a joint force; On the other hand, we should also intensify our efforts to crack down on the found acts of counterfeiting and selling fake goods. You can’t just stare at offline physical stores, but also pay more attention to online sales. "
"As a platform for online sales, we must put ‘ Access ’ For related stores involving drugs and health products, the relevant qualifications should be strictly reviewed. " Shang Zhongsheng said that the punishment should be more shocking for shops that found violations of laws and regulations such as "brushing bills" and selling fakes.