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New direct links between the Captagon drug trade and leading members of the Syrian Armed Forces and President Bashar al-Assad's family have been revealed.
In March, Britain, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on a list of people - including two cousins of President Assad - suspected of involvement in the multi-billion dollar Captagon trade.
But a joint investigation by BBC News Arabic and the investigative journalism network OCCRP, deep inside Syria's narco-state, has found evidence indicating the involvement of other senior Syrian officials in addition to those already included in that list.
Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-like drug that has plagued the Middle East in recent years. Now the drug is also being found in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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In March, Britain, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on a list of people - including two cousins of President Assad - suspected of involvement in the multi-billion dollar Captagon trade.
But a joint investigation by BBC News Arabic and the investigative journalism network OCCRP, deep inside Syria's narco-state, has found evidence indicating the involvement of other senior Syrian officials in addition to those already included in that list.
Captagon is a highly addictive amphetamine-like drug that has plagued the Middle East in recent years. Now the drug is also being found in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
#Syria #BBCNews
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