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Assad Captagon drug trade worth $2.4bn a year, expert says

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Brent Goff interviewed Caroline Rose of the New Line Project
December 13, 2024

In Syria, evidence is emerging that the ousted Assad family ran an industrial-scale Captagon drug production and trafficking operation. DW spoke with expert Caroline Rose.

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