Fernando Reis, the mastermind behind the underground lab Azorian World Order as well as a large-scale British Dragon counterfeit operation, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking and importing anabolic steroids and prescription drugs into Canada. Reis was sentenced on March 6, 2009 to time served and two years probation. The Azorian World Order (AWO), the “defender of the free world,” was the umbrella company of a multi-million dollar underground Canadian steroid lab and steroid counterfeit operation.
Azorian World Order (AWO) did not sell steroids under its own label but sold them under the labels of various other underground labs. Fernando Reis counterfeited steroid labels that were already well-established on the black market such as British Dragon. Reis may have manufactured anabolic steroid products for various underground labs (UGLs) throughout Canada such as Teragon Labs and Oropharma Labs. It is unclear whether Reis supplied these UGLs with product or simply counterfeited them. Fernando Reis also produced fake Pfizer Viagra medications. He also counterfeited various supplement brands, such as Andro Technologies and Future Nutrition, and sold them to health and fitness stores in Canada.
The Azorian World Order manufactured and/or counterfeited the following non-exhaustive list of anabolic steroids, prohormones, and supplement products: Interpharma IPG-Testeron (methyltestosterone), British Dragon Decabol 250 (nandrolone decanoate), British Dragon Trenabol 75 (trenbolone acetate), Oropharma Mexico Testoviron (testosterone enanthate), Teragon Labs Parabolan (trenbolone acetate), Spectro Labs Sildenafil Citrate, Andro Technologies M1T (methyl 1-testosterone), Andro Technologies DHEA, 1-Andro, Future Nutrition Physician’s Formula Acetyl L-Carnitine.
The Waterloo Regional Police and Kitchener RCMP arrested Fernando Reis on April 11, 2008 after the conclusion of two months of surveillance along with an independent investigation by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Pfizer hired a private investigation firm to investigate the illicit business(es) of Fernando Reis after discovering counterfeit sildenafil citrate packaged to resemble brand name Viagra. Viagra is a registered trademark of Pfizer in various countries including the United States and Canada. Pfizer shared the results of their investigation with Canadian law enforcement. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Drug Section officially began their investigation after the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) intercepted a package addressed to Ries that contained sildenafile citrate.
The Kitchener RCMP seized 600,000 capsules and 582,000 tablets of various anabolic steroids and prohormones, ancillary medications and other prescription drugs, as well as dietary supplements from a Kitchener U-Haul storage unit and his Kitchener residence. Unprocessed anabolic steroids and erectile-dysfunction drugs from China were seized from a private mail box at the Instant Print Copy Centre & Mail Boxes in Markham and a homebrew steroid recipe book was confiscated from Reis’ Waterloo home; the RCMP valued the steroid bust in excess of $2 million (”22 months in jail for steroid czar,” March 6, 2009)
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