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Key FactsSyria Faces Captagon Trade’s Uncertain Future
Dec 23, 2024 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.com
- Available evidence pointed to Syria as Captagon’s main source, with the World Bank estimating the trade’s annual value at $5.6bn.
- BBC investigations linked Assad’s extended family and Syria’s armed forces, particularly the Fourth Division, to the trade.
- In his assessment, exports have already fallen sharply because the main players left, but new actors could take over.
- Caroline Rose warns that suppressing supply without reducing demand could drive users toward crystal meth.
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