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[Dabanga] Amsterdam -- Production capacity for synthetic drugs has expanded dramatically under cover of the 'fog of war' in Sudan - a January 2026 seizure in Red Sea State captured nearly half a tonne of drugs, mainly crystal meth. This is a signal of Sudan's integration into a broader economy in the wake of the December 2024 collapse of Syria's state-sponsored Captagon industry, which is relocating toward environments characterised by conflict, fragmented authority, weak border controls, and entrenched illicit networks, a new
