Post-Assad Syria: Captagon trade shifts, new trafficking networks emerge

The fall of the Assad regime has disrupted Syria's state-linked Captagon production and export networks, which had made the country a major source of the amphetamine. New trafficking routes and actors are emerging, creating uncertainty about regional drug flows and their impact on neighboring states. The shift matters because Captagon revenue previously funded the Assad government and its allies, and its reconfiguration could affect regional security and illicit economies.

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