The link between their deaths and the purchase of substances to aid suicide is not confirmed, but the suspicion is strong. The British crime agency, the NCA, announced on Friday that it was investigating the deaths in the United Kingdom of 88 people who had purchased these products to commit suicide on Canadian websites.
“The NCA has decided to carry out an investigation into possible criminal offenses committed in the United Kingdom. This operation is ongoing,” the agency said. The NCA received reports in April that several people in the UK had purchased products from these sites, UK media reports. In total, investigators identified 232 buyers over a two-year period through April.
Man arrested for aiding suicide
The NCA announced that 88 of them had died. “At present, there is no confirmed link between the [substances] purchased on the sites and the cause of death “of these people, however specified the agency.
This announcement comes after the arrest in Canada of a 57-year-old man, Kenneth Law, charged with aiding suicide, according to British media. Accused of having sent 1,200 parcels to 40 countries, he is at the center of several investigations carried out in the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, according to these media.