Captagon: Wie Syrien zum Drogenstaat wurde

DARRET EZZA, SYRIA 10 APRIL 2022 SOURCE : AFPTV 1. Aerial shot checkpoint in the town of Darat Izza, controlled by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), on the road leading to regime-controlled Aleppo 2. Wide shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters at the checkpoint in the town of Darat Izza 3. Mid shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters searching vehicles 4. Close-up hand full of Captagon pills 5. Close-up hand full of Captagon pills 6. Close-up bags of Captagon and other drugs allegedly found in the boot of a vehicle 7. Tracking shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters standing near a vehicle in which they allegedly found Captagon and other drugs RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA SHOOTING DATE UNKNOWN SOURCE: SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY 8. Close-up officer cutting a watermelon filled with captagon tablets 9. Close-up officer cutting a watermelon filled with Captagon tablets 10. PAN right seized amphetamine pills, arrested smugglers handcuffed in the background at a warehouse in Riyadh SYRIA SHOOTING DATE UNKNOWN SOURCE: MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF SYRIA 11. Close-up footage released by the Syrian Ministry of Interior shows a seized shipment of captagon being crushed and reconstituted to look like a bowl RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA SHOOTING DATE UNKNOWN SOURCE: SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY 12. Mid shot bag of flour with hidden amphetamine pills AFRIN, SYRIA APRIL 26, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 11. Mid shot Captagon smuggler arranging his scarf to cover his face 12. SOUNDBITE 1 - Captagon trafficker in northern Syria (male, Arabic): “It's a jungle there. Everyone is hungry and everyone wants to eat.” HASAKEH, SYRIA 28 OCTOBER 2019 SOURCE : AFPTV 13. Mid shot prisoners sitting and lying in a cell 14. Close-up prisoners in a cell 15. Close-up Kurdish forces prison guard opening a cell BEIRUT, LEBANON 29 DECEMBER 2021 SOURCE: AFPTV 16. Mid shot Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi and other officials checking captagon tablets hidden in fake oranges in a shipment 17. Mid shot Captagon tablets hidden in fake oranges in a shipment 18. Wide shot warehouse run by the Lebanese Internal Security Forces in Beirut where the fake oranges filled with Captagon were discovered 19. SOUNDBITE 2 - Bassam Mawlawi, Lebanese Interior Minister (male, Arabic): "This is not about reassuring but rather protecting our Arab brothers from evil." 20. Close-up fake oranges filled with Captagon tablets in a shipment seized by Lebanese authorities BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON JULY 21, 2021 SOURCE: AFPTV 21. Close-up hand of a member of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces holding a confiscated captagon pill 22. Mid shot captagon bags seized by members of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces 23. Pull focus of a member of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces examining confiscated equipment used to manufacture captagon 24. Sound-up Lebanese Internal Security Forces members examining confiscated equipment used to manufacture captagon:: "That is where the stamp goes, that makes the imprint. This is where the pill goes and passes through here." 25. Close-up confiscated stamps used to create specific types of captagon 26. Mid shot confiscated chemicals used to make captagon 27. Mid shot confiscated chemicals used to make captagon BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON APRIL 28, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 28. SOUNDBITE 3 - "Fixer" who helps facilitate captagon drug deals (male, Arabic): "They ship in big quantities, 100 boxes for example. 100 boxes will make 180 million dollars.” 29. Mid shot captagon bags confiscated from a warehouse run by the Lebanese Internal Security Forces in Beirut 30. Close-up of captagon pills in confiscated bags 31. Tracking shot confiscated Captagon bags in a warehouse run by the Internal Security Forces of Lebanon in Beirut JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA 1 MARCH 2022 SOURCE: SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY 32. Footage released ed by Saudi Interior Ministry officers during a raid to arrest people carrying 28,000 Captagon tablets BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON APRIL 28, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE - "Fixer" who helps facilitate captagon drug deals (male, Arabic): "The Saudi market is the strongest. It used to go from here to Dubai, or from Syria to Jordan to Saudi Arabia. Or from Dubai to Saudi Arabia. From Africa to Saudi Arabia. It all goes to Saudi Arabia. It's in high demand there." JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA 17 SEPTEMBER 2021 SOURCE: AFPTV 34. Mid shot people at a beach party on Pure Beach in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia 35. Wide shot people at a beach party on Pure Beach in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 24 JUNE 2019 SOURCE: AFPTV RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 1 APRIL 2021 SOURCE: AFPTV 37. Pull focus Saudi women waiting to receive their driving licence RYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 1 APRIL 2021 SOURCE: AFPTV 37. Wide shot of employees working in the Riyadh Metro DARRET EZZA, SYRIA 10 APRIL 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 38. Aerial view of the checkpoint in the town of Darat Izza, controlled by the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), on the road leading to regime-controlled Aleppo ALEPPO PROVINCE, SYRIA 14 MAY 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 39. Tracking shot Sokkariyeh village, south-west of Aleppo 40. Mid shot Syrian fighter sitting near the front line against the Turkish-backed regime forces AFRIN, SYRIA APRIL 26, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 41. Close-up captagon trafficker gesturing with his hands before an interview with AFP 42. SOUNDBITE 5 - Captagon Smuggler in Northern Syria (male, Arabic): "When we move our product, because of informers, we move it from truck to truck just to be safe. Even though we are protected, you never know what could happen.” 43. Mid shot captagon smuggler arranging his scarf to cover his face ALEPPO PROVINCE, SYRIA 14 MAY 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 44. Mid shot checkpoint with Syrian rebel flags and Turkish flags on the M4 motorway DARRET EZZA, SYRIA 10 APRIL 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 45. Mid shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters searching a vehicle BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 28 APRIL 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 46. SOUNDBITE 6 - "Fixer" who helps facilitate captagon drug deals (male, Arabic): "Nobody goes into it alone. Even all the big names you hear about, they'll have four or five others investing with them." DOUMA, SYRIA 26 MAY 2021 SOURCE: AFPTV 47. Wide shot Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arriving at a polling station in Douma, near Damascus, during the presidential election QARDAHA, SYRIA 13 JUNE 2000 SOURCE: AFP PHOTO 48. Photo by Maher Al Assad QERDAHA, SYRIA 13 JUNE 2000 SOURCE: BALKIS PRESS / AFP 49. Photo of Maher Al Assad with Syrian army footage in the background shot on August 10, 2011 in Hama, Syria, during a framed visit AFRIN, SYRIA APRIL 26, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 50. SOUNDBITE 7 - Captagon Smuggler in Northern Syria (male, Arabic): "When we receive it from the regime it's been packed. The Fourth Division packs it in boxes and we take it and distribute it. We don't change anything." 51. Close-up hands of the captagon trafficker in northern Syria 52. SOUNDBITE 8 - Captagon Smuggler in Northern Syria (male, Arabic): "We have good relations here with the rebels, and the guys from Damascus and Homs. They receive shipments from the Fourth Division... they have an agreement with them. As the saying goes, if you put money in their hands, they'll turn a blind eye." DARRET EZZA, SYRIA 10 APRIL 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 53. Mid shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighter closing a car boot 54. Wide shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters searching a vehicle 55. Mid shot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighter checking bags of drugs allegedly found in the boot of a vehicle BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON 21 JUILLET 2022 SOURCE : AFPTV 56. Tracking shot members of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces examining confiscated equipment used to manufacture captagon 57. Wide shot member of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces examining confiscated equipment used to manufacture captagon QAMISHLI, SYRIA 22 MARCH 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 58. Wide shot members of the Kurdish Internal Security Police's anti-organised crime unit (called Asayesh) inspecting construction materials during a drug seizure outside a warehouse 59. Close-up members of the Kurdish Internal Security Police's Anti-Organised Crime Unit (known as Asayesh) discovering a cache of captagon pills hidden in construction material 60. Mid shot members of the Kurdish Internal Security Police's Anti-Organised Crime Unit (called Asayesh) discovering a cache of Captagon pills hidden in construction equipment 61. Close-up captagon pills hidden in construction material BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON NOVEMBER 24, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 62. Tracking a road in the Bekaa Valley with a Lebanese army all-terrain vehicle 63. Mid shot a Lebanese army all-terrain vehicle driving on a road in the Bekaa Valley KAFR JĀLIS, SYRIA 6 NOVEMBER 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 64. Aerial shot the damage caused by the regime's bombardment of the Maram camp, near the village of Kafr Jalis RYAD, SAUDI ARABIA SHOOTING DATE UNKNOWN SOURCE: SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY 65. Mid shot an officer opening a box containing watermelons filled with captagon tablets 66. PAN left box containing bags stuffed with Captagon tablets 67. PAN down arrested persons seen from behind, bags of Captagon tablets in foreground BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON APRIL 28, 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 68. SOUNDBITE 9 - "Fixer" who helps facilitate captagon drug deals (male, Arabic): "There's no end. The trafficking will never stop, it will go on for generations. There's no end." BEIRUT, LEBANON 25 JANUARY 2022 SOURCE: AFPTV 69. Wide shot man spreading tea on a table to show the Captagon pills hidden in the box 70. Close-up a man spreading tea on a table to show the captagon pills hidden in the box 71. Close-up a man spreading tea on a table to show the captagon pills hidden in the box