Around 15 tons (14 tonnes) of the amphetamine captagon were recently seized from a ship that Italian authorities believe was en route to supply the black market for synthetic drugs in Europe – which has been suffering amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus lockdowns.
“We know that [Daesh] finances its terrorist activities mainly by trafficking drugs made in Syria, which in the past few years has become the world’s largest producer of amphetamines,” Italian police said on Wednesday, as reported by CBS News.
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