The balance in Italy of the activity of the Nas carabinieri at the conclusion of "Shield III", an acronym for Safe Health Implementation, Enforcement, is 93 websites blocked, 21 arrests, 123 complaints and medicines seized for a value of 3 million euros and Legal Development, an international operation against "pharma crime": the illegal trafficking and counterfeiting of medicines, including doping.
Between April and November 2022, 9,000 packages and approximately 362,000 units (tablets, vials, injectables, powders) were seized, with various therapeutic indications: anabolic steroids, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, erectile dysfunction and Covid.