Susan Karakoc
20 Dec 2024 · Coroner Amanda Bewley · Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
The coroner's concerns
1. sale of prescription medications online
“There is evidence of search engines readily returning websites which sell prescription medications, including those that sell highly addictive sleeping tablets and painkillers which can and do cause fatalities. I am concerned how readily search engines return websites such as these”
2. unmonitored medication supply chain
“I am concerned that the current system for monitoring the legitimacy of supply chains for medications available in England and Wales via prescription is not preventing the ready supply of such medications online”
3. criminal enterprises using banks
“There is evidence that banks form a legitimate part of the supply chain, and that this is crucial to the functioning of these criminal enterprises. I am concerned that the current system for detecting such criminal enterprises and alerting the relevant authorities is not effective”