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UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia
- The UN Office on Drugs and Crime warns that the trade in illegal drugs from Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle, such as methamphetamine, remains at high levels and the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs have expanded.
- Methamphetamine prices have hit record lows, indicating a robust trade, and there are concerns about increased drug trafficking activities in Laos and Cambodia, where secret industrial-scale ketamine labs and processing warehouses have been discovered.
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Asia synthetic drug trade expands, UN says
BANGKOK, June 2 — Trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and South-east Asia is surging, with new smuggling routes for methamphetamine emerging and ketamine production expanding, the United Nations said today. High volumes of methamphetamine continue to be produced in Shan State, Myanmar and trafficked from there through Thailand and Laos as well as new routes through central Myanmar, the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report. “T…
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