Captagon trade spirals to top $5 billion in 2021: report
Arab News says trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said.
Research by the New Lines Institute, to be released Tuesday and seen by AFP, paints an alarming picture of the impact booming captagon production is having on the region.
“The captagon trade is a rapidly growing illicit economy in the Middle East and Mediterranean,” said the report, authored by analysts Caroline Rose and
Alexander Soderholm.
“Based on large-scale seizures alone, the potential value of the retail trade in 2021 is estimated at over $5.7 billion,” it said.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2056981/middle-east
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