6 hours agoTurkey accuses Kurds: Control 80% of Europe's drug trafficking
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Turkey has accused Kurdish groups of controlling the bulk of drug trafficking in Europe. Turkish Interior Minister Sulejman Soylu has declared organisation The PKK controls 80 percent of drug trafficking in Europe and benefits about $1.5 billion annually from this illegal activity. Speaking at a meeting for [...]
Speaking at a meeting for the fight against addiction in the southern province of Adana, Soylu said terrorist organisations sell drugs and buy weapons.
“anyway in Europe, The PKK controls 80 per cent of the drug trade and estimates that the terrorist group earns about $1.5 billion annually”, Soylu said.
In internal anti-drug operations, Soylu said the number of operations increased 29 per cent in the first ten months of 2018 compared to the same period last year.
“During 2017, 70 operations were conducted against drug traffickers, while 10 operations have been conducted so far in 2018<18x1>, Soylu added.
The PKK has been named a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU.
