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Drinks with toxic ingredients have been linked to deaths and poisonings in Turkey, Laos and India in 2024.
Fake alcohol is unrecorded and unregulated alcohol that hasn’t been registered in official statistics for sales, production or trade. The range of unrecorded alcohol includes alcohol smuggled across borders, counterfeit alcohol and homemade brew.
This week of The Inquiry we look at how toxic and widespread fake alcohol is. What are the health risks of drinking contaminated alcohol? Bootleg alcohol is big business for criminals, are governments doing enough to combat the illicit alcohol trade?
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Vicky Carter
Contributors:
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Drinks with toxic ingredients have been linked to deaths and poisonings in Turkey, Laos and India in 2024.
Fake alcohol is unrecorded and unregulated alcohol that hasn’t been registered in official statistics for sales, production or trade. The range of unrecorded alcohol includes alcohol smuggled across borders, counterfeit alcohol and homemade brew.
This week of The Inquiry we look at how toxic and widespread fake alcohol is. What are the health risks of drinking contaminated alcohol? Bootleg alcohol is big business for criminals, are governments doing enough to combat the illicit alcohol trade?
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Vicky Carter
Contributors:

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