Captagon is a highly addictive drug that has ravaged the Middle East in recent years. Now journalism network OCCRP and BBC News Arabic have uncovered direct links between this multi-billion dollar drug trade and leading members of the Syrian Armed Forces and President Bashar al-Assad's family. They reveal Syria's military elite and its fragile wartime economy hooked on this lucrative illegal pill.
Captagon is a highly addictive drug that has ravaged the Middle East in recent years. Now journalism network OCCRP and BBC News Arabic have uncovered direct links between this multi-billion dollar drug trade and leading members of the Syrian Armed Forces and President Bashar al-Assad's family. They reveal Syria's military elite and its fragile wartime economy hooked on this lucrative illegal pill.
