Syria's Narco State, Jihadi Supersoldiers and Hezbollah Traffickers: The Story of Captagon

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Recorded10 Aug 2021

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Multiple billion dollar shipments of the drug known as Captagon have been seized in the last few years as the cheap amphetamine floods the Middle East. Alleged to have helped fund the Syrian Civil war, the tiny pills have been showing up in numerous massive shipments confiscated in Mediterranean port cities, often sent by shadowy, high level networks. The pills are all almost exclusively made in Syria, and they're very likely the Assad regime's most valuable export. But what, exactly, is Captagon, who is doing it, and where did it come from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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