Colombian victims call for justice in PIP breast implant scandal The PIP faulty breast implant scandal exploded in France in 2011 – but thousands of women in Latin America had also been given the implants, which were made using substandard industrial-grade silicone and had an abnormally high rupture rate. There are an estimated 15 000 victims in Colombia – and lawyers have brought together 1500 women who will be named as plaintiffs in the French trial, set to begin in Marseille on April 17th. A natural sound AFPTV report.