Global police crackdown leaves a nasty taste in the mouths of criminals running the illicit supply chain

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Interpol has revealed how,  in recent months, police operations across 57 countries have led to thousands of tonnes of counterfeit food and drink being confiscated from increasingly sophisticated thieves operating in the global food supply chain.

Interpol’s Operation Opson V resulted in the seizure of more than 10,000 tonnes of fake food and 1m litres of fake drink in a series of coordinated raids across the world at shops, markets, airports, ports and industrial estates.

Chris Vansteenkiste, cluster manager of the Intellectual ...