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 WADA has long branded China the world's top producer and exporter of
PEDs, which are openly sold on Chinese websites and often shipped by
regular mail to countries around the world.
WADA and Interpol will exchange information with China's law
enforcement agencies to target and dismantle producers and help
countries catch drug cheats among their athletes, WADA said in a
statement.
"There is tremendous potential in sharing information and
investigating the trafficking of doping substances -- with
organizations that have the power to reduce and eliminate the
illegal manufacture and supply of PEDs and raw materials that result
in PEDs -- in a country that faces a problem with the illegal sale
and exportation of banned substances," WADA Director General David
Howman said.
The project team will include officials from Chinese police,
customs, Food and Drug Administration and the Chinese Anti-Doping
Agency, the statement added.
Earlier this month, the United States Drug Enforcement
Administration arrested more than 90 people and seized hundreds of
kilograms of raw steroid powder and thousands of liters in liquid
form in a major synthetic drug bust across multiple U.S. states.
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The DEA said "the vast majority" was made and trafficked by
underground labs in China.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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