Wallapop also sells vaccines and Viagra: illegal medicines proliferate on the Internet

Online market places and classified advertising are an opportunity for second-hand goods lovers, but also for all types of offenders. Proliferation of medicines on these websites has forced the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS) to warn against the these illegal and dangerous practices. As a consequence of the warning circumstances in the social media, the AEMPS issued an alert. Pharmacists and tweeters reported under the hashtag #stopestraperlo the examples found in classified ads websites.