Captagon

2024 - 12 - 13

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Discovery of vast Syrian drug lab reveals secrets of illicit captagon ... (USA TODAY)

Known as "poor man's cocaine," captagon is an addictive amphetamine-like stimulant banned in many countries but worth billions of dollars in trade.

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What is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant Made in Assad's Syria? (The New York Times)

The illegal amphetamine, used across the Middle East, became Syria's biggest export during its 13-year civil war.

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Captagon: Inside Assad's drug-smuggling empire and how it funded ... (The Independent)

The export of illegal drug captagon financially fuelled Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime for years.

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What is Captagon, the highly-addictive drug some say funded the ... (ITV News)

Videos have been shared on social media of Syrian factories containing a highly addictive drug. Captagon's said to have funded the Assad regime, but what is ...

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Captagon trade unravelled: Syria's fall exposes Assad's billion ... (Malay Mail)

DAMASCUS, Dec 13 — The dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has thrown light into the dark corners of his rule, including the ...

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Assad's Syria Was a Narco-State. Its New Rulers Must Just Say No ... (Newsweek)

In the shadow of the Syrian civil war, the drug trade emerged as a grim cornerstone of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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