No evidence of PKK involvement in drug trafficking, say experts
No evidence of PKK involvement in drug trafficking, say experts
The European Police Office (EUROPOL) and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) cannot provide own independent evidences or juridical facts for involvement of Kurdish organisations in drug trafficking, as Turkey claims in order to criminalise the Kurds. These are the findings of a report by Ararat News just published.
According to journalist Roni Alasor Patrick Byrne, Assistant Director for the Operations Department at EUROPOL, and Russell F. Benson, Regional Director in the US DEA, analyzed the “Global Drug Trafficking Trends & Terrorism” in Brussels Press Club. According to the drug experts, the drug smugglers are becoming more clever, while the drug trafficking environment is more dynamic.
While describing the new routes of trafficking, the European and American drug experts could not provide their own independent and juridical facts proving the involvement of Kurdish organisations in drug trafficking.
Questioned about any juridical evidences, Patrick Byrne and other high
level EU sources told Ararat News that EUROPOL’s reports are not
based on EUROPOL’s independent and own juridical investigation or from
any European court, but they are based on information provided by
national police – authorities.
“The allegations for involvement of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in
drug trade are based on Turkish sources, said a EU diplomat. She
conclude that : “We ask them several times for more details and
concrete facts than short reports, but EUROPOL and DEA don’t have any
juridical reports or own investigations to prove with concrete facts
these allegations”.
Ararat News reporter ask Kurdsih politicians for their reaction about the statements by the two experts.
“We always ask US and EU for evidences of any kind of involvement of
Kurdish organisations in drug trafficking. We also wrote official
letters to US Presidents and EU, but we never received any answer. It
is well-known fact that the only source of drug allegations against
the Kurdish organisations are the Turkish authorities which are on war
against Kurdish people and continuously use this as part of their
criminalisation policy against Kurdish organisations. But they
remained always unproved for the European police and secret services.
We ask everyone once again to prove whatever they have in their hand
as a respect for the people of the United States and the European
Union which represents 27 European nations”, said Remzi Kartal and
Zubeyir Aydar.
According to journalist Roni Alasor Patrick Byrne, Assistant Director for the Operations Department at EUROPOL, and Russell F. Benson, Regional Director in the US DEA, analyzed the “Global Drug Trafficking Trends & Terrorism” in Brussels Press Club. According to the drug experts, the drug smugglers are becoming more clever, while the drug trafficking environment is more dynamic.
While describing the new routes of trafficking, the European and American drug experts could not provide their own independent and juridical facts proving the involvement of Kurdish organisations in drug trafficking.
Questioned about any juridical evidences, Patrick Byrne and other high
level EU sources told Ararat News that EUROPOL’s reports are not
based on EUROPOL’s independent and own juridical investigation or from
any European court, but they are based on information provided by
national police – authorities.
“The allegations for involvement of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in
drug trade are based on Turkish sources, said a EU diplomat. She
conclude that : “We ask them several times for more details and
concrete facts than short reports, but EUROPOL and DEA don’t have any
juridical reports or own investigations to prove with concrete facts
these allegations”.
Ararat News reporter ask Kurdsih politicians for their reaction about the statements by the two experts.
“We always ask US and EU for evidences of any kind of involvement of
Kurdish organisations in drug trafficking. We also wrote official
letters to US Presidents and EU, but we never received any answer. It
is well-known fact that the only source of drug allegations against
the Kurdish organisations are the Turkish authorities which are on war
against Kurdish people and continuously use this as part of their
criminalisation policy against Kurdish organisations. But they
remained always unproved for the European police and secret services.
We ask everyone once again to prove whatever they have in their hand
as a respect for the people of the United States and the European
Union which represents 27 European nations”, said Remzi Kartal and
Zubeyir Aydar.
