US indictment exposes Turkish link in global drug trafficking network - Nordic Monitor

US indictment exposes Turkish link in global drug trafficking network - Nordic Monitor

Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm A major US federal criminal complaint has revealed a vast methamphetamine trafficking scheme with significant ties to Turkey, naming a Turkish national as a key conduit in a sprawling drug network that spans Mexico, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. The complaint further confirms how Turkey — under the increasingly authoritarian and corrupt rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — has become a key hub…