2016-01-29
Each year, 115 tonnes of heroin from Afghan poppy fields is exported to Europe. Who wins? Who loses? And what is the impact of lucrative drug smuggling on people who live along this Balkan route?
In the trail of a packet of Brown Sugar, journalist Hanne Couderé and photographer Jim Huylebroek traveled along Afghan, Iranian, Turkish, and Eastern European borders, asking how all these drugs flow to Europe. The heroin route, from Afghan poppy fields to the Belgian needle.
Supported
A working grant of € 8.000 toegekend op 11/05/2015.ID
FPD/2015/1219Grant
NEWSPAPER
De Heroïne Route - dS Weekblad, 29/01/2016
ONLINE
- From Afghan Fields to an English Needle: Tracing Heroin's Journey Across the World - VICE, 26/04/2016
- Nederland voert de meeste heroïne door. Hier komt die vandaan - De Correspondent, 4/04/2016
- Zo belandt heroïne in Nederland - De Correspondent, 11/04/2016
RADIO
- Drugssmokkelroute van Afghanistan naar Maastricht - De Nieuws BV, NPO Radio 1, 25/04/2016
- Pantoffelreporters - Interne Keuken, Radio 1, 6/02/2016
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