UN Contributing to Myanmar's Drug Problem
The UNODC continues to spread misinformation about drug production in Myanmar, while providing cover for official complicity in the narcotics trade.
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The UNODC continues to spread misinformation about drug production in Myanmar, while providing cover for official complicity in the narcotics trade.
Tse Chi Lop is widely referred to as "Asia's El Chapo." But a profile at Toronto Life by Stephen Marche makes the case that the comparison is off by a mile....
BANGKOK, June 10 — Drug traffickers in East and South-east Asia found ways to evade Covid-19 curbs to boost trade and diversify production, with Cambodia emerging as a large-scale source for methamphetamine, the United Nations said on Thursday. The trafficking of methamphetamine or meth, by far...
March 05, 2021 08:18 Given the estimated US$70 billion being made each year in Asia's drug trade, regional experts say recent arrests of two key drug figures are seen as unlikely to dent the long-term flow of narcotics. Dutch police said in January they had arrested Tse Chi Lop, allegedly the leader of the Asian drug syndicate known as The Company or Sam Gor (Brother No. 3 in Cantonese). It is alleged to have made tens of billions of dollars each year off drugs in the region. Then in February, it was announced that Lee Chung Chak, suspected of being a second leader of the syndicate, had be...
March 5, 2021 Share Given the estimated $70 billion being made each year in Asia’s drug trade, regional experts say recent arrests of two key drug figures are seen as unlikely to dent the long-term flow of narcotics. Dutch police said in January they had arrested Tse Chi Lop, allegedly the leader of the Asian drug syndicate known as The Company or Sam Gor (Brother No. 3 in Cantonese). It is alleged to have made tens of billions of dollars each year off drugs in the region. Then in February, it was announced that Lee Chung Chak, suspected of being a second leader of the syndicate, ha...