In a single coordinated action this year, more than 3 million tablets, 104,000 packages of illegal products and over 1,000 kg of medicines and other illicit substances were seized.
50% confidence
HealthEuropean Union
Omissions
No published coordinated operation matching all three figures simultaneously (more than 3 million tablets, 104,000 packages, over 1,000 kg) could be identified. The claim appears to be a broad characterisation of Europol-coordinated pharmaceutical-crime crackdowns rather than an exact reproduction of one operation's report.
The most recent operation before the session, Europol's SHIELD VI (April–November 2025), reported 139,116 illegal packages and 3,285.14 kg of powders/raw materials — i.e., its packages figure is higher, not identical, to the 104,000 packages claimed.
Operation SHIELD V (2024, published 30 January 2025) reported 'over 3.4 million pills' and 'over 59,000 packages', which is closer to the claimed 'more than 3 million tablets' but does not match the 104,000 packages.
The claim states 'this year' (2026), but no 2026 pharmaceutical-crime operation results were published before the 5 October 2026 session; the figures most plausibly derive from the 2024/2025 operations.
The Europol SHIELD VI press release's exact publication date could not be confirmed from the search results (it reports on the April–November 2025 operation, so it post-dates that period).