[Jpost] Captagon is popular in the Middle East, and widespread in war-torn areas such as Syria, where conflict has fueled demand and created opportunities for producers.Italia's financial crimes unit detailed a large-scale drug trade believed to be originating out of Syria, according to an exclusive BBC report.
During the summer, the Italian authorities said they had seized about 14 tonnes of amphetamine - 84 million pills - of the drug Captagon worth around $1 billion arriving from Syria, in what they described as the world’s single largest operation of its kind.