Britain’s NCA said Friday it was investigating the deaths of 88 people in the UK who bought assisted suicide substances from Canadian websites.
“The NCA has decided to conduct an inquiry into possible crimes committed in the UK. “This operation is ongoing,” the agency said.
The NCA received reports in April that several people in the UK had purchased products from these websites, UK media reports. Overall, investigators identified 232 buyers over a two-year period through April.
The NCA announced that 88 of them had died.
“There is currently no confirmed link between the (substances) purchased on the websites and the cause of death” of these individuals, however, the agency said.
This announcement comes after the arrest in Canada of a 57-year-old man, Kenneth Law, who has been charged with assisted suicide, according to British media. He is accused of sending 1,200 packages to 40 countries and is at the center of multiple investigations in the US, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, according to the media.