Afghanistan’s new rulers have intensified a nationwide crackdown on drugs and poppy farms ahead of the approaching harvest ...
ceding the top position to Myanmar. The country’s opium production has plummeted by over 90 per cent, according to a report by the United Nations, as Taliban enforcers move from farm to farm ...
Without heroin and meth, the state probably wouldn’t exist, and the Wa would be one more indigenous people preyed upon by ...
Political developments of the past 6-7 years and factors like demonetisation, lockdown and the implementation of the GST were ...
Moreover, the breakdown in the rule of law in Myanmar has allowed illicit economies to thrive. The country has become a hub for methamphetamine and opium production, as well as the rapid growth of ...
“Myanmar has become a global epicenter of methamphetamine and opium production, along with a rapid expansion of global cyber-scam operations, particularly in border areas,” he said.
Police in northeastern Thailand detained four drug smugglers and recovered 1.4 tons of heroin transported across the Mekong ...
Myanmar has enormous lead over the other opium producing areas. There has been a sharp increase in the production of opium in Myanmar since 1989. This is mainly linked to the disintegration of the ...
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Myanmar became the world’s largest producer of opium in 2023 after the Taliban ... This drove a nearly 95 per cent drop in production ...
But now, in the wake of the Taliban’s crackdown on opium production, the use of the catapults has increased, especially under the veil of night. “Moony nights are advantageous,” Jabar ...