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Thursday, February 02, 2012

Turkey welcomes US sanctions on PKK drug smugglers (SETimes.com)

Turkey welcomes US sanctions on PKK drug smugglers

02/02/2012

Wednesday's action sanctioning four people and three companies for their drug trafficking ties to the PKK is the first use of the Kingpin Act in Europe targeting the organisation.

By Alakbar Raufoglu for Southeast European Times -- 02/02/12

Officials in Turkey hope the designation of four people and three companies in Southeast Europe as narcotics traffickers raising money for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) will be followed by further steps against the PKK's activities in Europe.

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