Region’s drug problems are closely linked to Myanmar’s civil strife

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Region’s drug problems are closely linked to Myanmar’s civil strife

By The Nation

 

Narco armies in and around the Golden Triangle are tied to insurgencies against the Burmese army

 

For decades when people speak of drug trafficking in the heartland of Southeast Asia, they tend to point to the infamous Myanmar sector of the Golden Triangle, where opium warlords and narco-armies continue to roam somewhat freely.

 

Reports about criminal elements and foreign crime syndicates come up every now and then. Movies have been made about it – like Hollywood’s ‘American Gangster’ starring Denzel Washington, about a rogue who imported heroin directly from the region to cut out middlemen. He made a bundle and went to jail for it, too.

 

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