Americas Watchdog has formed a piracy & counterfeiting task force to take on sellers of "on line" counterfeit drugs or cigarettes. The cigarette industry faces an unprecedented challenge from counterfeit products. The WCO reveals that 190 billion counterfeit cigarettes are produced each year in China, making it "a major source country for European/US markets". The new group is alerting all consumers worldwide to stop doing business with "on line" pharmacies or cigarette "retailers" unless they can provide credentials. Consumers expose them selves to possible identity theft or paying for something they never get. "Who wants to do business with the Russian Mafia or organized crime"? Americas Watchdog's Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants are seeking corporate partnerships to curb this growing worldwide issue with buy operations ment to expose the counterfeiters or their "retail" outlets. The two areas to be targeted are:

 - Counterfeit Cigarettes
 - Counterfeit Drugs

    The WCO estimates that 190 billion counterfeit cigarettes are produced each year in China, making it "a major source country for European/US markets". British American Tobacco has reported that more than one in 20 cigarettes smoked worldwide is either smuggled or counterfeit.
Americas Watchdog and its Global Piracy & Counterfeit Consultants warn that counterfeit cigarettes, which may look identical to those acquired legaly over the counter, can contain hazardous levels of damaging toxins, even arsenic. The black-market cigarettes have higher levels of tar, nicotine and carcinogenic chemicals from contaminated tobacco leaves. Beware, counterfeit cigarettes could be dangerous.

    Americas Watchdog would welcome the chance to work directly with British Tobacco, the Altria Group, Reynolds American, Altadis or other cigarette manufacturers in order to curb and or disrupt the manufacturing or distribution of counterfeit cigarettes.
    Americas Watchdog and its Global Piracy & Counterfeiting Consultants are warning clients not to purchase counterfeit cigarettes or "on line cigarettes" as they could be a serious health hazard. In addition by purchasing counterfeit cigarettes a consumer may actually be enriching terrorists or organized crime.

    The FDA says that people who have acquired drugs from certain web sites not use the products because they may be unsafe. Laboratory analyses are underway for intercepted products that were ment for the U.S. market. Preliminary laboratory results to date have found counterfeits of the following drug products: Lipitor, Diovan, Actonel, Nexium, Hyzaar, Ezetrol (known as Zetia in the United States), Crestor, Celebrex, Arimidex and Propecia. All of these medications require a prescription from a licensed health care provider to be legally offered.

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