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Last week we revealed Indian companies had shipped more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa over the past three years – where the opioids had not been approved by regulators. Not read the investigation yet? You can find all of the data here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...

bellingcat.comPainkiller Pipeline: 300 Million Tapentadol Pills Sent from India to West Africa - bellingcatIndian companies have sent more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa – where they have not been approved by regulators – in three years.

23/4/26, 1:55 pm65 reposts191 likes

Gabrielle

@gabbklein.myatproto.social

23 Apr

The same Indian companies all my medications are made at that have years-long FDA violations detailed by ProPublica? Exciting things happening there!

Bellingcat

@bellingcat.com

23 Apr

Last year Katherine de Tolly spoke to our community about her methods when conducting this research, explaining how to navigate trade databases and dig into gaps in export data: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

rss.com“Digging for Gold in Import-Export Data” with Bellingcat's Katherine de Tolly | Podcast Episode on RSS.comIn the final Stage Talk of the year, we learnt the mechanics of investigating trade data thanks to this week's guest, Bellingcat research consultant and self-confessed data nerd Katherine de Tolly. Us...

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@blucowdawg.bsky.social

23 Apr

Maybe look at this substack.com/@theatlantic...

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heathermcgilvr1.bsky.social

@heathermcgilvr1.bsky.social

23 Apr

For context: the pop of West Africa is about half a billion people. So 300 million over 2 years is less than 1/3 of a pill per person each year.