World Anti-doping Agency extends intelligence and investigations offensive to Oceania, Asia

South China Morning Post

03-03-2025

A World Anti-doping Agency programme aimed at building cooperation with law enforcement in Europe led to seizures of more than 25 tonnes of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) – officials now hope to see a similar impact in Oceania and Asia.
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Wada launched the Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) programme in Europe in 2022, hoping it might lead to five anti-doping operations being launched among the 48 countries that took part.
Almost a year on from the end of the programme, there are more than 100 operations still ongoing across the continent, more than 25 tonnes of illicit PEDs seized and 25 laboratories shut down, said Gunter Younger, Wada's I&I Director.
'They prevented more than 500 million doses of PEDs coming on the global market, which is really significant,' said the German.
'So this is where our management decided, wow, that's a good project, we want to continue.
Wada's I&I programme in Europe has prevented more than 500 million doses of performance-enhancing drugs from coming into the global market. Photo: Reuters
'Now we are hoping to have the same impact, perhaps on a different scale, in Asia and Oceania.'