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 pi ... Show More
Aug 11
Russian Mercenaries African Drug Empire, Israel’s Sushi Mob war & the murdered Assassin: Stash House
On this episode of Stashhouse: Wagner's leftover mercenaries are running a tramadol empire in the heart of Africa, while in Monaco a bomb takes out a Ukrainian tycoon, then someone takes out the assassin. Grenades, the mob, and Japanese food: an Israeli underworld war is being wa ... Show More
1h 5m
Mar 2025
Captagon: Syria’s Hidden Drug Empire
Was al-Assad's Syria a narco-state? Captagon—a deadly, addictive amphetamine—has turned Syria into the heart of a $2 billion drug empire few know about, with the Assad regime at the center of it all. From secret labs to smuggling routes, we uncover how this shadowy network operat ... Show More
29m 45s
Jun 2023
Who's behind Syria's Captagon trade?
Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine-like drug, is causing huge problems around the Middle East, as millions of pills are smuggled out of Syria. BBC News Arabic collaborated with the investigative journalism network OCCRP to find out who's behind the trade. Emir Nader tells u ... Show More
41m 32s
Sep 2023
«Stupéfiant Moyen-Orient», épisode 5. Drogues de synthèse
De la plaine de la Bekaa au Liban, à l’État profond en Turquie, la drogue ne cesse d’être présente au Moyen-Orient. Mais après le haschisch et l’héroïne, place aux amphétamines de synthèse dont un pays, la Syrie, s’est fait une spécialité. Le Captagon a envahi la région, où les p ... Show More
19m 30s
Feb 2025
Where will Captagon users get the drug after Assad’s fall?
<p>With Syria's new government cracking down on Captagon, where will production shift in the drug trade's supply chain? Under Bashar al-Assad’s rule, Syria became a hub of Captagon production. With demand continuing, where will the drug market turn to next?</p> <p><strong>I ... Show More
19m 56s
<p>New Lines Institute's <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/CarolineRose8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Caroline Rose</a></strong> explains how captagon, a drug you may have never heard of, is propping up genocidal regimes in the Middle East.</p>
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