DRINKS COUNTERFEITING POSES HEALTH RISKS TO CONSUMERS
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COUNTERFEITERS often claim their crime is victimless - the only losers are rich corporations who enjoy healthy profits anyway from their brands. But what if you drink the fake, and it kills you? It happens, Keith Nuthall explores the murky world of drinks counterfeiting.
THE TALLY of counterfeit alcohol victims is long. In April, Moscow's board of health announced that in 2008, there were 1,069 duped Moscow consumers who died after becoming intoxicated by counterfeit alcoholic beverages. The body reported police data alleging that 2 million ...
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