Phnom Penh's village of drug despair - long and complete report

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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

For 15 years, Trapaing Chhouk village has been an intractable hub of methamphetamine distribution in the heart of Phnom Penh.

Local authorities suspect more than 70 per cent of residents are involved in the drug racket, and years of near-weekly raids and hundreds of arrests have done little to curb the illicit trade, which is plied in plain view.

Now, with the workings of the drug ring that reportedly runs Trapaing Chhouk still as opaque as the fetid pond that gives the village its name, police are promising more of the same – an approach that experts and research worldwide say is unlikely to help.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penhs-village-drug-despair

[trogers]

When the hand offend thee, cut it off...

[hlj]

To many brown envelops being passed for this to stop.