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HEROIN TRADE BEING USED TO FINANCE THE PKK, A TURKISH REPORT CLAIMS - Eurasia Daily Monitor

"HEROIN TRADE BEING USED TO FINANCE THE PKK, A TURKISH REPORT CLAIMS

By Gareth Jenkins

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Turkey remains a major transit route for heroin trafficking with a substantial proportion of the revenue being used to finance radical organizations, such as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), according to a recent report by the Department for Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) in the Turkish Interior Ministry."

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