Overview
- About a dozen suspects are in pretrial detention following coordinated searches and arrests spanning November to January in Munich, Berlin, Potsdam and other cities.
- Police report seizing expensive prescription medicines and stacks of forged prescriptions with a total value in the six-figure range.
- Investigators identified a 15-year-old Berlin student as the caller who placed nationwide advance orders; he was detained and later released.
- Authorities say evidence indicates resale into Eastern Europe, including Russia, with organizers described as largely Moldovan and recruiters using Telegram.
- Prosecutors cite potential losses to public health insurers in the low double-digit millions of euros per year as probes continue into the network’s financing and export routes.