Drug Trafficking & Counter-Narcotics Policy
Reports
![DATE IMPORTED:February 10, 2001Bulgarian customs officers make a test on 321 packages of high-purity heroin which was found at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing with Turkey, February 10, 2001. Bulgarian customs seized almost 190kg (420 lb) of heroin onboard a Turkish truck destined for Germany. Bulgaria, [which borders Romania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and Yugoslavia], lies on the so-called Balkan route for smuggling drugs from Asia to western Europe.](https://i1.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/turkey_drugs_001.jpg?w=234&crop=0%2C13px%2C100%2C134px&ssl=1)
Ted Piccone
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Latin America Initiative, Project on International Order and Strategy
Charles W. Robinson Chair
