# Counterfeit medicine trade: how online pharmacies are selling deadly fake painkillers across Europe

https://mins.news/en/video/78661

- euronews, 2026-09-29 13:01 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXoCkcNi8s

> Across Europe, web listings present lethal synthetic opioids as authentic painkillers. Several deaths in the Netherlands have been associated with counterfeit medicines, bringing e-commerce’s hidden hazards to light.

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