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Barons of the Drug Traffic

NCJ Number
156735
Journal
Belugyi Szemle Volume: 33 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1995) Pages: 104-107
Author(s)
V Ljubin
Date Published
1995
Length
4 pages
Annotation
A Russian journal reports on the clearing up of a crime which was unprecedented in the history of drug law offenses and juvenile delinquency in Russia. Members of a drug syndicate, with talented young students, were producing a synthetic drug in large quantities. The drug produced by this method was many times as strong as morphine.