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Investigations and enforcementNetwork studyProcurementUnited States

The Shipment and the Missing Name

Investigators can follow fentanyl from a chemical supplier to a payment and a tested shipment.…

A collection of U.S. dollar banknotes
Money launderingMoving the moneyNetwork studyUnited States

What Happened to the Other Dollars?

A $200 million monthly estimate became one of the most durable numbers in accounts of…

Hassan Nasrallah during a September 2019 interview
Currency exchangeInvestigations and enforcementLebanon and SyriaProfile

Thirty Minutes to Find a Translator

A Lebanese money changer said the allegations were false. Hezbollah’s leader said drugs were forbidden.…

Main roundabout leading into Douma after Assad’s fall
Lebanon and SyriaLogistics and shippingNetwork study

After Assad, the Pills Kept Moving

The factories opened to reporters. The border erupted. Then the seizures kept coming—revealing how much harder it was to dismantle…

Fields and sheep in the Bekaa Valley
Lebanon and SyriaProfile

Noah Zaiter: The Fugitive Who Kept Appearing

In October 2019, as demonstrations spread across Lebanon, Noah Zaiter had a message for the people of Baalbek: take a…

Container handling at Northport, Port Klang
Case fileLebanon and SyriaLogistics and shipping

The King of Captagon: The Shipment Stopped, the Network Survived

At Port Klang on 15 March 2021, Malaysian customs officers unsealed three industrial shipping containers and uncovered an empire in…

Container handling at Northport, Port Klang
Lebanon and SyriaLogistics and shippingNetwork studyProfile

The Captagon State: The Men Who Could Move the Goods

When Lebanese authorities arrested Hassan Daqqou in April 2021, the documents described by Daraj included work permits from the Syrian…