US EditionMyanmar opium cultivation hit highest level in a decade, UN report says
Opium poppy farming in Myanmar rose 17% from 2024 to over 53,000 hectares as civil war fuels illicit trade and heroin traffics to Western markets, UN says.
- Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year.
- Myanmar stands at a critical moment, as the major expansion shows how far the opium economy has reestablished itself in recent years.
- The agency's yearly Myanmar Opium Survey said after the Afghanistan crackdown "there are emerging signs that heroin trafficked from Southeast Asia reaches markets traditionally not supplied from the region".
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Myanmar opium cultivation hit highest level in a decade, UN report says
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade as the nation enduring a long conflict remains one of the world’s primary suppliers for the illicit drug economy.
Myanmar's opium poppy cultivation hits highest level in a decade, UN says
Dec 3 (Reuters) - Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the illicit trade, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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