Manila, Philippines The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised citizens to consume only registered, certified Lambanóg from legal licensed distillers. The agency has documented 44 cases of methanol poisoning traced to Lambanóg since May. Among the 44 cases, 21 victims have died from methanol poisoning associated with Lambanóg. At the urging of licensed distillers,…
August 21, 2018 – Great Wakering, Essex, UK In April 2013 Cheznye Emmons was travelling through the jungles of South Asia, when the dream vacation of her life turned into a nightmare. Ms. Emmons, a 23-year-old beautician was travelling with her boyfriend Joseph Cook, 21, saving for years to take this dreamed about 6-month adventure…
August 9, 2018 – Athens, Greece On August 8, 2018 the tourism board of Greece announced a concerted effort using police officers accompanied by scientists to root out the use of industrial methanol alcohol in making drinks for tourists. Reacting to the recently reported case of 17 teenagers who were treated for methanol alcohol poisoning…
Glasgow, Scotland – December 23, 2021 The Fraud Investigation Service of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in conjunction with Police Scotland dismantled an active counterfeit vodka operation. The raid was conducted at an Industrial Estate in Greencok, Inverclyde where over 400 liters of counterfeit vodka was seized. The distillery operation discovered by HMRC, and…
Phoenix, Arizona The rise of COVID-19 in Southwestern States are leading to other deadly consequences from methanol laced hand sanitizers. The medical toxicologist for Banner Health, Dr. Frank Lovecchio recently told Max Gorden a reporter for 3TV/CBS 5 located in Phoenix that they have seen 14 known cases of hospitalizations from methanol poisoning. Dr. Lovecchio…
Istanbul, Turkey Acting on a tip, Turkish forces began surveillance of a gang of suspected counterfeit alcohol producers. The tipster revealed that bootleg alcohol producers were negotiating with a gang who was producing large quantities of ethyl alcohol. Even when produced according to standards and at its highest quality ethyl alcohol is a non-consumable form…
Yucatán, Mexico On May 15, 2020 Yucatán Expat Life, a local news source reported that there have been over 100 deaths from tainted alcohol from black market purchases. Only days ago, on May 13, 2020 the New York Times first broke the story with a headline that read, “At Least 70 Dead in Mexico from…
Cape Town, South Africa As part of the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has imposed a ban on the sale of liquor and cigarettes. As opposition to the ban continues to brew from citizens and groups representing the liquor industry,…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Wamin Li, 53, a Chinese businessman who is the owner of company which imports and distributes alcohol today made his first court appearance. Mr. Li was charged in Phnom Penh Municipal Court with selling more than 4,000 liters of fake alcohol throughout the capital. Li was charged with ““selling and distributing prohibited…
New York, NY Months after the F.B.I. toxicology results were expected for what was deemed suspicious tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic, major news sources reported on October 18-19, 2019 that the results are final. CNN, ABC, the New York Times along with most major news outlets reported that the F.B.I. has concluded that the…
