How Jordan, Syria are closing in on multibillion-dollar Captagon network

LONDON: More than a year after Syrian rebels swept longtime ruler Bashar Assad from power, the Captagon empire that underpinned his regime has survived his fall. It has mutated into trafficking networks that stretch across a landscape of porous borders and fragmented authority. Determined to dismantle that infrastructure, Jordan and Syria’s interim government, led by President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, have intensified efforts against Captagon trafficking, targeting networks that have adapted to the power vacuum left by Assad’s fall.

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