Syria’s Breaking Bad: Are Amphetamines Funding the War? A spike in the trafficking of the illegal drug Captagon, popular in the Middle East, is connected to Syria’s brutal civil war Fifteen days into his job as Lebanon’s top drug-enforcement official,Read more…
« Relations entre l’Europe et la Méditerranée : quel est l’impact des Révolutions arabes ? »
22 Octobre 2013 Participation de Mohamed Ali Marouani à la table ronde organisée à l’espace Ouest-France sur le thème « Relations entre l’Europe et la Méditerranée : quel est l’impact des Révolutions arabes ? », animée par Yann Mens, directeurRead more…
Blue, White and White. Israel Becomes Major Hub in the International Cocaine Trade, Abuse Rising
Number of cocaine users in Israel has doubled in recent years and the Israel Police reports that Israeli criminals have joined hands with the cartels. Yaniv Kubovich Oct 19, 2013 12:52 PM On a wall of a Israel Police classifiedRead more…
Amphetamines, Anarchy, and Assad. The global initiative against organized crime
As Syria’s bloody civil war boils on, the nation has become fertile ground for the growth of criminal activity. As we described in the August AOC brief, Syria has become a regional hub for weapons smuggling, the illicit trade inRead more…