Drug trafficking corrupts Kyrgyzstan's politics and underworld

(Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked and mountainous country in Central Asia, serves a powerful role in the Eurasian drug trade by playing the "mule" that carts heroin and other opiates between Afghanistan and Russia. Are its intertwined drug trade and politics making it a 'narco-state?' A Princeton University researcher reviews.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news