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Counterfeit medicine trade: how online pharmacies are selling deadly fake painkillers across Europe
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. Euronews is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Sept 2026, 13:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Counterfeit medicine trade: how online pharmacies are selling deadly fake painkillers across Europe”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Deadly synthetic opioids disguised as legitimate painkillers are being sold online across Europe, as counterfeit medicines linked to multiple deaths in the Netherlands expose the dark side of e-commerce.
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Counterfeit medicine trade: how online pharmacies are selling deadly fake painkillers across Europe
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