Thousands of online pharmacies were disrupted in 111 countries in what Interpol claims was the largest ever global operation targeting organized criminal networks that sell fake medicines.

Dubbed Pangea VII, the operation resulted in 237 arrests worldwide and the seizure of almost US$36 million worth of illicit and potentially dangerous pharmaceuticals.

10,600 websites were shut down and authorities got 19,000 rogue pharmaceutical advertisements removed from social media websites.

Interpol got cooperation from Microsoft, MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, G2 Web Services and LegitScript.

Users should see a steep decline in Pharma spam.