Several triathletes are located in Operation Hypoxianet

The Anti-Doping Agency has the list of 250 buyers that can be sanctioned

Last week the UCO dismantled in Cádiz a EPO sales and distribution network, where 6 people were arrested and more than 850 injectables were seized

Now the Anti-Doping Agency It has the list of 250 buyers That can be sanctioned. At the moment his identity has not been made public, although surely they will gradually know each other.

According to the newspaper new, these 250 people bought EPO they are mostly amateur brokersI know they participate in popular races and triathlons or resistance tests.

Although they are not only amateur on the list, since a well-known racer in the bicycle world of Mountain

The AGPD gave the alarm when they were positive in resistance tests

The investigation began two years ago when AGPD itself alerted the Civil Guard to an increase in corridor positives in popular races and especially in endurance tests.

The suspicion was that someone was removing Eritropoietin (EPO) from the Spanish legal market to sell it later to athletes for a high price.

Agents detected that a network of up to seven internet portals were responsible for offering the substance. To sell the EPO in different languages ​​and to different countries.

At the time of launching the operation, the Civil Guard located 850 injectables, which is the biggest stash of this substance located in Europe.

The detainees' bank account network ran through Austria, Slovakia and Cyprus. There were 800.000 euros. In the records, they also located 70.000 euros in cash.

10 years, with these practices

UCO members estimate that the disjointed network had ten years with these practices, in the absence of analyzing in depth the information obtained by the agents in the records.

There is also a branch of possible fraud to Social Security, since it was the Administration that paid the price of the drugs as they were subsidized treatments.

Only in three years, the reports of the Ministry of Health of the Junta de Andalucía reflect that more than 5.000 doses were diverted to the black market.

There are no previous results.

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