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flag Syrian prisons under Assad extorted families for bribes totaling nearly $900M, often without results.

flag Syrian prisons under ousted leader Bashar al-Assad operated as both a tool of repression and a money-making scheme. flag Families of detainees were extorted for bribes totaling almost $900 million, often without receiving information on their loved ones, many of whom are believed to be dead. flag As the regime weakened, families searched through abandoned prison records for clues.

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