MOSCOW, March 9 (UPI) -- Heroin traffic through Iraq from Afghanistan is earning the Islamic State over $1 billion dollars a year, Russia's drug control chief said.
Viktor Ivanov, head of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), said Friday, "The transit of heroin from Afghanistan though the Islamic State-controlled territory is huge financial sponsorship. According to our estimates, IS makes up to $1 billion on Afghan heroin trafficked through its territory."