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Slim Shady: Smugglers Eye Big Profits Running Weight Loss Drugs into Brazil

ID: f6f01c96-32f8-5d6a-a8a8-c8d8f5b0eae9

STIX ID: report--f6f01c96-32f8-5d6a-a8a8-c8d8f5b0eae9

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-07-31

Date Updated: 2026-08-01

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The report outlines how tirzepatide is legally manufactured in Paraguay and illegally trafficked into Brazil via 'ant' smuggling networks, unrefrigerated transport, e-commerce, and violent robberies; it highlights high prices in Brazil, rising demand due to obesity, frequent large-scale thefts, suspected involvement of organized crime factions (PCC, Comando Vermelho), and law enforcement challenges at the busy border.

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