Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated July 01, 2020 - The Guardia di Finanza of Naples has seized in the Port of Salerno a large quantity of drugs, 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million tablets with the "captagon" logo, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/napolipress/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The charm of the snowy Vesuvius volcano at sunset in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud /Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The charm of the snowy Vesuvius volcano at sunset in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud /Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The charm of the snowy Vesuvius volcano at sunset in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud /Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The snowy Vesuvius at sunset - Naples

The charm of the snowy Vesuvius volcano at sunset in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud /Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

Largest chocolate Easter egg - Naples

New record made by the Gay-Odin ancient chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. The largest chocolate egg in the world, weighs 330 kilos and is dedicated to Dante Alighieri. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Sergio Siano/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume in Naples

AstraZeneca vaccinations resume at the Maritime station vaccination center in Naples, Italy, on March 20, 2021. Editorial Usage Only. Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Newfotosud/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:Fotogramma/IPA/ABACA/Kyodo News Images)