Two suspects, Chinese Americans, were arrested on Monday, April 17 in Chinatown by New York police. Two days earlier, the arrest in New York of two suspects and the indictment of 34 others involved in these clandestine operations made headlines in the American press.

The case revealed in October 2022 by the NGO Safeguard Defenders has once again found itself in the spotlight. In some cases, as far as we know, these are informal pharmacies of Chinese businessmen sometimes very well established in the host company.