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24/11/2024 - Burning old TVs to survive: The toxic trade in electrical waste (BBC)
29/10/2024 - Myanmar's lost generation battles trauma, drug addiction at jungle rehabilitation centre (CNA)
25/10/2024 - Cultural and economic factors drive cybercrime in Asia: UN (CNA)
11/10/2024 - Pacific Island nations at risk of becoming footholds for global crime gangs, says UN (Reuters)
07/10/2024 - Criminal networks in Southeast Asia flourish in Telegram's 'underground markets', UN says (CNA)
23/08/2024 - China scam run from Isle of Man (BBC)
14/08/2024 - ‘Pig Butchering’ Online Scams Are Proliferating. Here’s Why They Work So Well (The Wall Street Journal)
16/05/2024 - How South-East Asia's pig butchering scammers are using artificial intelligence technology (ABC News)
06/05/2024 - Limited options for victims of Myanmar’s searing heat (Radio Free Asia)
24/04/2024 - Plastic bags from Walmart US recycling bins tracked to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia (ABC News)
17/04/2024 - Southeast Asia's plastic tidal wave: Imported trash swamps region (Nikkei Asia)
26/03/2024 - Conflict, climate, corruption drive Southeast Asia people trafficking: UN (Al Jazeera)
26/03/2024 - UN report: Migrants abused by ‘military, police, smugglers, criminal gangs’ (Benar News)
23/01/2024 - Lethal Exports: B.C. gangsters at the centre of a global drug trade (Vancouver Sun)
22/01/2024 - Alleged 'right hand' of crime boss dubbed Asian El Chapo is a B.C. man (Vancouver Sun)
22/01/2024 - Casinos and junkets backbone of underground banking and money laundering in Asia – UN Rep (Asia Gaming Brief)
27/12/2023 - A Chinese criminal network is using modern day slaves to scam thousands of Americans (CNN)
13/12/2023 - Thai police seize a record haul of 50 million methamphetamine tablets near border with Myanmar (The Washington Post)
13/12/2023 - Thai police seize a record haul of 50 million methamphetamine tablets near border with Myanmar (AP News)
13/12/2023 - Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan to become world’s leading opium producer, UN says (CNN)
12/12/2023 - Thai Authorities Seize Record Haul of Meth Tablets Near Border With Myanmar (VOA)
12/12/2023 - Myanmar Overtakes Afghanistan as World’s Top Opium Producer (VOA)
12/12/2023 - War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency (ABC News)
12/12/2023 - Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium, UN says (CNA)
12/12/2023 - Myanmar becomes world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan (The Guardian)
12/12/2023 - Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium, UN says (Reuters)
23/11/2023 - SPECIAL REPORT-How ‘pig butchering’ scams have emerged as a billion-dollar crypto industry (Reuters)
18/09/2023 - New college targets drug trafficking (Bangkok Post)
16/09/2023 - Citizenship for sale: Singapore’s US$1.3 billion money laundering probe exposes Chinese criminals’ paid-for passports (South China Morning Post)
30/08/2023 - Suncity/Tak Chun convictions generated ‘migration’ of darker side of junket operations into SE Asia: UN Rep (AGB)
29/08/2023 - Singapore Busts Multimillion-Dollar Money Laundering Scheme (VOA)
22/07/2023 - United Nations representative in town for ideas on drug prevention (Macau Business)
25/06/2023 - PODCAST: UN boosts fight against drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle (UN News)
07/06/2023 - Drug smugglers in Southeast Asia have found a way past land patrols – the sea route (CNA)
05/06/2023 - Asian Synthetic Drug Trade Continues to Surge, UN Says (The Diplomat)
02/06/2023 - With no more Covid restrictions, Asia’s drug cartels are thriving, UN report warns (CNN)
02/06/2023 - UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia (Al Jazeera)
02/06/2023 - Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar: UN (France 24)
02/06/2023 - Asia synthetic drug trade expands, UN says (Reuters)
09/04/2023 - Southeast Asian casino scams with meth gang syndicate links ‘coming for NZ targets’ (NZ Herald)
02/03/2023 - ‘Tip of the spear’: Battling the Golden Triangle’s drug lords (Al Jazeera)
28/02/2023 - Home Team Journal No. 12 (Home Team Academy)
18/02/2023 - Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’ (Al Jazeera)
07/01/2023 - Thai border communities bear brunt of drug surge after Myanmar coup (The Straits Times)
18/12/2022 - Outpouring of love for princess (Bangkok Post)
13/12/2022 - Chinese underworld floods to Thailand-Myanmar river border (Nikkei Asia)
09/12/2022 - ‘If they catch me, they’ll kill me’: Trafficked in Wa State (Frontier Myanmar)
06/12/2022 - Asia's 'El Chapo' to be extradited to Australia in weeks: lawyer (Nikkei Asia)
10/11/2022 - As ASEAN summit opens, Cambodia is at a crossroads (GLOBE)
09/11/2022 - Inside the 'living hell' of Cambodia's scam operations (France 24)
07/11/2022 - Traffickers escape justice over borders as victims go punished at home (Bangkok Post)
31/10/2022 - ‘They use it to find some relief’: Drug use on the rise (Myanmar Frontier)
25/10/2022 - Pacific Islands Increasingly Used as Crime Transit Point, Experts Say (VOA)
29/09/2022 - Nations Must Work Together to Fight Online Fraud, UN Official Says (VOA)
26/09/2022 - Lao Authorities Seize Another Huge Shipment of Methamphetamine (The Diplomat)
25/09/2022 - UN Warns of Growing Criminal Threat from Mekong Region Casinos, SEZs (VOA)
24/09/2022 - Police in Laos seize meth pills in one of biggest busts (AP News)
24/09/2022 - Laos makes huge drug haul (Bangkok Post)
21/09/2022 - Cambodian police raid alleged cybercrime trafficking compounds (Reuters)
18/08/2022 - Hong Kong sets up task force on South-east Asian job scams (The Straits Times)
19/07/2022 - Underground Group Chat Teems with Human Trafficking Ads (VOD)
01/06/2022 - Ketamine Seizures in This Country Have Exploded Over the Past Year (VICE)
31/05/2022 - 1 billion meth pills seized as Asia sees record drug increase (CNN)
30/05/2022 - 2021 Another Record Year for Meth Seizures in Southeast Asia (VOA)
30/05/2022 - Asia's synthetic drug trade booms, with record meth seizures (Reuters)
30/05/2022 - 1B meth pills: East, SE Asia drug industry hits ominous peak (AP News)
22/05/2022 - Certains travailleurs ont vraiment peur (La Presse)
09/05/2022 - Authorities Hunt for Weapons-Trafficking Ringleaders, Seven in Jail (VOD)
29/04/2022 - Myanmar Rebel Group Denies Role in Alleged Drugs-for-Weapons Scheme (VOA)
12/04/2022 - Police crackdown on Cambodian scam call centres frees 66 Thai nationals (CNA)
01/04/2022 - Online Trade in Engandered Wildlife Booming in Myanmar Since Coup (The Diplomat)
29/03/2022 - Peng Jiasheng, life and times of a Kokang warlord (Nikkei Asia)
05/03/2022 - UN: Myanmar’s Militias, Rebel Armies Ramping Up Drug Trade (VOA)
02/02/2022 - Illicit Drug Production Has Surged Since Myanmar’s Coup (The Diplomat)
01/02/2022 - Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup (Bangkok Post)
29/01/2022 - Laos makes second-biggest meth seizure as UN warns of surge in drug production (CNA)
17/01/2022 - ການລໍາລຽງຢາເສບຕິດ ເຂົ້າມາລາວ ປາກົດວ່າ ເພີ້ມຂຶ້ນຫຼາຍເປັນພິເສດ ໃນຊ່ວງການລະບາດຂອງໂຄວິດ-19 ຢູ່ນີ້ (VOA)
12/12/2021 - UNODC – DEA ชื่นชมผลงานรัฐบาลในการปราบปรามยาเสพติด พร้อมให้การสนับสนุนแผนปฏิบัติฯ พ.ศ. 2565 (Chiang Mai News)
29/11/2021 - UNODCพบป.ป.ส.กังวลช่วงโควิดยาเสพติดเพิ่มอื้อแซงหน้าแม็กซิโก (Post Today)
13/11/2021 - ป.ป.ส. ผนึกกำลัง UNODC จัดประชุมเชิงวิชาการ (Chiang Mai News)
28/10/2021 - Biggest ever drug bust in Asia after Lao police intercept beer truck in Golden Triangle (ABC News)
28/10/2021 - Laos makes Asia's largest ever drug bust (BBC News)
01/10/2021 - Trafficking in persons – UNODC: Lack of data could lead to ineffective anti-trafficking policies (The Fiji Times)
21/09/2021 - Wildlife traffickers creeping back as pandemic restrictions ease - UN (Bangkok Post)
21/09/2021 - EXCLUSIVE Wildlife traffickers creeping back as pandemic restrictions ease - U.N. report (Reuters)
08/07/2021 - Young members of ethnic minority groups most at risk in Vietnam-China human trafficking trade: report (South China Morning Post)
31/05/2021 - Myanmar’s Economic Meltdown Likely to Push Opium Output Up, Says UN (VOA)
31/05/2021 - Chemicals in, Meth out: Asia's Golden Triangle Drug Trade Goes Into Overdrive (VOA)
23/05/2021 - Do fake Covid-19 vaccine arrests in China herald global crime wave? (South China Morning Post)
04/05/2021 - Asia's multibillion dollar methamphetamine cartels are using creative chemistry to outfox police, experts say (CNN)
23/01/2021 - Chinese-Canadian alleged drug kingpin, accused of running one of the world's biggest methamphetamine cartels, is arrested in Amsterdam (CNN)
19/01/2021 - Meth Use Is on the Rise in Southeast Asia – And COVID Is To Blame (VICE)
14/01/2021 - A Deadly ‘Ketamine Cocktail’ Is Causing Overdoses on the Streets of Bangkok (VICE)
13/12/2020 - Malaysia seizes record haul of crystal meth worth B789m (Bangkok Post)
08/12/2020 - Is an alleged drug kingpin from China investing millions in a port in Laos? (CNN)
23/11/2020 - TIJ and UNODC press cybercrime issue in Thailand (Bangkok Post)
14/11/2020 - Record ice shipment bound for Melbourne seized in Hong Kong as Covid hits drug supply (The Guardian)
26/08/2020 - Paperwork not patrols: Southeast Asian policewomen face career obstacles (Reuters)
26/08/2020 - Southeast Asian policewomen face career obstacles: UN, Interpol study (CNA)
06/04/2020 - After-coronavirus, SE Asia strongly favours crackdown on wildlife trade, says WWF (Reuters)
15/03/2020 - Inside the Golden Triangle, where warlords and drug barons reign (The Sydney Morning Herald)
05/02/2020 - Myanmar opium cultivation drops again: UNODC (Mizzima)
04/02/2020 - Myanmar Opium Cultivation in Decline: UN Report (The Irrawaddy)
30/12/2019 - Synthetic opioids like fentanyl ravaged the US during the last decade. They may do even more damage to Asia in the next (CNN)
19/12/2019 - Southeast Asia's looming fentanyl crisis (Southeast Asia Globe)
15/11/2019 - Anti-drug chiefs in Mekong region aim to boost cross-border investigation (The Straits Times)
08/11/2019 - Joint US-Chinese operations against fentanyl led to trafficking gang's downfall (South China Morning Post)
03/11/2019 - Mega meth syndicate led by Asia's El Chapo behind flood of methamphetamine coming into New Zealand (stuff)
25/10/2019 - Illegal Chinese Migration to Europe 'Commonplace' Despite Risks (The Globe Post)
20/10/2019 - Suspected Asian drug kingpin laid groundwork for empire in Toronto (The Globe and Mail)
14/10/2019 - The hunt for Asia's El Chapo (Reuters)
06/10/2019 - Cracking down on meth (Bangkok Post)
18/07/2019 - Asia's meth trade is worth an estimated $61B as region becomes 'playground' for drug gangs (CNN)
18/07/2019 - Asia-Pacific meth drug trade worth up to $61 billion, U.N. says (Reuters)
18/07/2019 - Transnational crime boom a destabilising influence in SE Asia: UN (Al Jazeera)
18/07/2019 - Crime Cartels Wield 'Unprecedented' Influence in Southeast Asia (Bloomberg)
18/07/2019 - Organized crime groups in Southeast Asia "dangerous": UN office (Xinhua)
18/07/2019 - Australian motorcycle gangs expanding into south-east Asia to get slice of drug market (The Guardian)
18/07/2019 - Criminal networks importing 'staggering' amounts of ice into Australia: UN (Sydney Morning Herald)
18/07/2019 - Transnational crime expanding aggressively in and beyond South-east Asia: UN Report (Straits Times)
04/07/2019 - In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars (NPR)
04/04/2019 - Talks on trade, crime seek to achieve development goals (Bangkok Post)
01/04/2019 - China prohibits non-medical fentanyl-like drugs in move sought by US (Financial Times)
29/03/2019 - Keeping ASEAN secure, prosperous (The Myanmar Times)
11/03/2019 - Some 100 new types of legal highs emerged in East and Southeast Asia in 2018: UN report (South China Morning Post)
11/03/2019 - Young lives destroyed, overcrowded prisons: the hidden cost of Thailand's cheap meth (South China Morning Post)
11/03/2019 - UN says methamphetamine output booming in Southeast Asia (The Washington Post)
27/02/2019 - 2018 Myanmar Opium Survey clarification (UNODC)
20/02/2019 - Myanmar's meth trade is booming after anti-drugs vigilante groups were silenced by dealers, leading to a wave of addiction (South China Morning Post)
20/02/2019 - Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked (AFP)
11/02/2019 - Exclusive: Meth 'disaster' for region as seizures surge in Thailand (Reuters)
11/02/2019 - Meth 'disaster' for Asia-Pacific region as seizures surge tenfold in Thailand (The Japan Times)
25/01/2019 - Why Myanmar can't shake its drug problem (Asia Times)
22/01/2019 - Crystal Meth Kingpins are Standing In the Way of Peace In Myanmar's Golden Triangle (VICE)
21/01/2019 - Standing in the shadows (The Nation)
11/01/2019 - Myanmar Opium Survey 2018 Cultivation, Production and Implications (ReliefWeb)
11/01/2019 - Myanmar cracking down on opium, but conflicts push drug trade (Al Jazeera)
08/01/2019 - Myanmar's Shan state runs on meth - and exports are thriving (The Straits Times)
13/12/2018 - Methamphetamines from Myanmar are causing problems across Asia (The Economist)
11/12/2018 - UNODC Executive Director confirms cooperation with Thailand and ASEAN (Royal Thai Government)
07/12/2018 - Dr M: Avoid corruption if you want to succeed (Free Malaysia Today)
07/12/2018 - Malaysia is only a developed nation if it resists corruption: Mahathir (The Sun Daily)
06/12/2018 - AFC signs MOU with UNODC to strengthen fight against match-fixing (AFC)
04/12/2018 - Fentanyl chemists are getting creative. Here's how China plans to stop the deadly flow of drugs (South China Morning Post)
03/12/2018 - Trump Says China Will Curtail Fentanyl. The U.S. Has Heard That Before (The New York Times)
03/11/2018 - Asia's meth boom (CNN)
10/10/2018 - 'More action, less talk' needed to tackle illegal wildlife trade, say experts ahead of London conference (The Straits Times)
05/10/2018 - Pacific Islands region becomes a major drug trade route (ABC Radio Australia)
02/10/2018 - Oversupply of drugs puts Thai, SE Asian youth at risk, UN says (Bangkok Post)
02/10/2018 - Oversupply of drugs in Mekong, East Asia puts younger users at risk, U.N. says (Reuters)
09/09/2018 - Getting high in the drug-riddled mountains of Laos (South China Morning Post)
09/09/2018 - Getting high in Laos' opium-riddled mountains (AFP)
13/08/2018 - Myanmar's Meth Menace (US News)
04/08/2018 - Farmers in Asia's Golden Triangle Seek a Coffee High (OZY)
29/07/2018 - Myanmar's meth crisis reaches as far as Australia (ABC News)
22/06/2018 - Don't count on China in fentanyl crisis - cutting demand is key: UN (NZ Herald)
09/06/2018 - Methamphetamine made by armed rebels and gangs in Myanmar jungles coming to New Zealand (NZ Herald)
06/06/2018 - The Global Illicit Trade Environment Index (The Economist)
22/05/2018 - Meth trafficking in SE Asia reaching 'alarming levels,' UN warns (CNN)
21/05/2018 - 'Alarming levels' of methamphetamine trafficking in Asia's Mekong, UN warns (UN News)
21/05/2018 - Meth crisis spreading as supply surges, prices drop (The Straits Times)
21/05/2018 - Tackle graft, governance to stem 'Golden Triangle' meth trade: United Nations (Channel NewsAsia)
21/05/2018 - Mekong rethinks drug policy as syndicates pump meth from Myanmar (Frontier Myanmar)
03/05/2018 - ASEAN looks to tackle organised crime (DVB Multimedia Group)
03/05/2018 - Asean tackles organised crime (Bangkok Post)
02/05/2018 - Regional border security discussed as transnational crime keeps pace with trade flow (the Nation)
04/04/2018 - Thai officials reveal largest ever crystal meth haul (CNN)
03/04/2018 - Thailand makes one of its 'largest ever' crystal methamphetamine busts (Reuters)
20/03/2018 - Laos drug lord 'Mr X' jailed for life by Thai court (Daily Mail Online)
13/03/2018 - A billion-dollar money laundering scandal at an Australian bank has revealed ties to the drug gangs of Hong Kong (Financial Times)
23/02/2018 - In Asia, the unintended consequences of fentanyl (The Globe and Mail)
02/02/2018 - US imposes sanctions on Australian man working for 'Sin City' casino in Laos (ABC News)
31/12/2017 - Era ends with jailing of grandaddy of Golden Triangle drug warlords (The Sunday Times)
06/12/2017 - Myanmar's opium crop plummets, but no victory over Asia's narco-boom: U.N. (Reuters)
08/11/2017 - Despite Trump's Pleas, China's Online Opioid Bazaar Is Booming (The New york Times)
01/11/2017 - Myanmar struggles to fight the crimes of illegal logging (Mongabay)
23/10/2017 - Market disruption in the shadows: What fentanyl is really telling us (The Globe and Mail)
17/10/2017 - Child sex abuse rising with Internet use in Southeast Asia (Reuters)
18/09/2017 - Threat of killer drug spreading worldwide: Experts (The Straits Times)
06/08/2017 - Yaba addiction: The dark side of Bangladesh's increasing affluence (CNN)
22/06/2017 - Don't count on China in fentanyl crisis - cutting demand is key: UN (The Globe and Mail)
19/06/2017 - Meth, Synthetic Drug Escalation a New Threat for Asia Communities (VOA News)
01/06/2017 - New synthetics impede Southeast Asia's fight against drugs: UN (Southeast Asia Globe)
26/05/2017 - 'Organ traffickers' arrested (The Phnom Penh Post)
14/05/2017 - UN: Southeast Asia's Economic Success Has Led to Crime, Terrorism (VOA News)
11/05/2017 - Cooperate to capture big fish, agency says (Bangkok Post)
11/05/2017 - Mekong states sign on to UN policy on drugs (The Phnom Penh Post)
02/05/2017 - Thailand, UN set meet on transnational crime (The Manila Times)
01/05/2017 - Regional Conference Highlights Border Security Issues in Asean (Jakarta Globe)
05/04/2017 - Probe Catches Four Suspected Drug Traffickers (The Cambodia Daily)
03/04/2017 - Porous borders let drugs pass: UN (Phnom Penh Post)
06/03/2017 - Opium in Shan State Linked to Fighting and Insecurity, says UN (The Irrawaddy)
02/02/2017 - Record year for Myanmar meth pill seizures (Myanmar Times)
31/01/2017 - Corruption Is Holding ASEAN Back (The Diplomat)
01/12/2016 - Small shifts in Myanmar's war on drugs (Myanmar Times)
30/10/2016 - When Mosul Falls, Will Islamic State Head to Asia? (South China Morning Post)
12/10/2016 - The Illicit Trade Environment Index (The Economist)
22/09/2016 - UN report finds Pacific nations' vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation growing (The Financial Times)
22/09/2016 - Transnational Organised Crime Undermining Security, Governance in Pacific: UN Report (Fiji Sun)
01/09/2016 - Synthetic drug market in East and Southeast Asia continues to expand (Vientiane Times)
31/08/2016 - UN discusses new narcotics (Phnom Penh Post)
23/08/2016 - MP proposes anti-narcotics crusade (Myanmar Times)
11/08/2016 - Authorities seize illegal timber in Savannakhet province (Vientiane Times)
09/08/2016 - Indian cold pills pour over remote border to fuel Myanmar narcotics boom (Reuters)
09/08/2016 - India's Breaking Bad: Meth Trickles Into Myanmar Across the Border (The Quint)
06/08/2016 - A failing drug war triggers new approach in Thailand and Myanmar (The Straits Times)
18/07/2016 - Soaring prison population prompts Thailand to re-think 'lost' drug war (Reuters)
16/07/2016 - Thailand to stress rehab over jail for drug users (The Straits Times)
07/07/2016 - The Rise, Fall and Possible Renewal of a Town in Laos on China's Border (The New York Times)
29/06/2016 - UN: China Produces New Synthetic Drugs Faster than can be Controlled (China Topix)
28/06/2016 - UN: China synthetic drugs trade 'out of control' (Al Jazeera)
27/06/2016 - UNODC and Myanmar Government hold talks to address drug issues (Mizzima)
22/06/2016 - UN urges regional crackdown on illicit wildlife trade (Bangkok Post)
14/06/2016 - We must 'show Zero Tolerance' for Wildlife Crimes (Clean Malaysia)
11/06/2016 - UN urges Australia to boost drug war role (news.com.au)
07/06/2016 - Alarm over illegal wildlife trade (The Straits Times)
20/04/2016 - Drugs - The Global Debate (BFM)
20/04/2016 - Six Mekong Countries Reinforce Regional Drug Strategy (InDepthNews)
07/04/2016 - Advocacy groups call for drug policy reset ahead of UN meet (Myanmar Times)
05/04/2016 - Poppyland (ABC Australia)
22/03/2016 - Boost law enforcement co-operation: UN (SBS News)
15/03/2016 - Taking on the Golden Triangle's narco-empire (Reuters)
26/02/2016 - Grassroots activists in Myanmar on march to destroy poppies (Daily Mail Online)
05/02/2016 - Seizing shipments alone will not stop wildlife and forest crime (The Straits Times)
25/01/2016 - China-made '$5 insanity' drug goes global (The Financial Times)
14/01/2016 - Jakarta attacks: Bombs and gunfire rock Indonesian capital (BBC News)
14/01/2016 - Jakarta Attacks Kill at Least 4, Police Say (The New York Times)
13/01/2016 - The drug creating Islamic State 'supersoldiers' (The New Daily)
16/12/2015 - Myanmar's poppy farmers to receive US$3.3 million to break opium addiction (Channel NewsAsia)
16/12/2015 - Myanmar maintains high opium output: report (Myanmar Times)
15/12/2015 - Myanmar's High Opium Output a Huge Test for Suu Kyi Government: U.N. (New York Times)
15/12/2015 - UN urges Myanmar to tackle causes of opium scourge (Bangkok Post)
15/12/2015 - Thailand Opium Eradication Effort Still a Model for Other Nations (Voice of America)
28/10/2015 - Side Effects: AEC 'Could Open Drugs Floodgates' (Khmer Times)
16/10/2015 - Time to act: Fast - Tracking the response for people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific (Harm Reduction Journal)
26/10/2015 - Kicking the habit (Bangkok Post)
05/10/2015 - South-east Asia must do more to prevent terrorism (Straits Times)
18/09/2015 - African ivory smuggled to China (Al Jazeera)
26/05/2015 - Meth seizures quadruple across much of Asia-Pacific: UN (Daily Mail Online)
16/04/2015 - Fighting Australia's ice epidemic (ABC News)
09/12/2014 - The Opium and Heroin Business Is Booming in Southeast Asia's 'Golden Triangle' (VICE News)
13/10/2014 - Disturbing new trends emerge in sexual abuse of children (Bangkok Post)
07/08/2014 - Transnational criminal networks target Pacific; Australia looks to expand jobs to counter criminal elements (Australia Network News)
26/06/2014 - UNODC: Asia Seeing Increased Amphetamine Trafficking (Voice of America)
09/03/2014 - Combating graft - it is everybody's fight (The Star Online)
04/03/2014 - Freer trade may lead to more illicit drugs in South-east Asia: Report (Straits Times)
18/12/2013 - United Nations says opium production in South East Asia's 'Golden Triangle' up 22 per cent (Australia Network News)
18/12/2013 - Lawlessness On Borders Taints Progress In Myanmar (The New York Times)
11/12/2013 - Diplomats make debut venture into Shan State (Eleven Myanmar)
03/12/2013 - Rise in use of non-controlled substances fundamentally challenges way gov'ts approach precursors control, says UN
29/11/2013 - UNODC promotes evidence-based responses to get to zero HIV among people who inject drugs
07/11/2013 - UN: Record Seizures of Pills, Crystal Meth in Asia in 2012 (Voice of America)
22/10/2013 - Thai response to wildlife crime - Al Jazeera (Al Jazeera)
26/09/2013 - It's happy hour for the heroin traffickers of the Golden Triangle (South China Morning Post)
24/09/2013 - Thai children seek help for drug addiction (Al Jazeera)
03/09/2013 - Analysis: Sex workers bear brunt of war on trafficking (IRIN)
02/09/2013 - With Labs Pumping Out Legal Highs, China Is the New Front in the Global Drug War (Time World)
26/08/2013 - Cambodian police trained to fight money laundering, terror financing (Global Post)
20/08/2013 - Shan resistance explains drug cooperation with government, UNODC (Burma News International)
13/08/2013 - Thailand, Cambodia discuss drug fight (Bangkok Post)
18/06/2013 - Shan Leader Wants Drug Eradication Priority Amid Cease-Fire (Radio Free Asia)
13/05/2013 - Can either side of politics stop the asylum boats? (ABC News)
07/05/2013 - Ethnic Armies' Role in Burma Drug Trade Off Table at Six-Nation Talks (The Irrawaddy Magazine)
16/04/2013 - UN: Asia's Transnational Criminal Profits Dwarf GDP (Voice of America)
16/04/2013 - Organised crime worth $90 bn a year in East Asia (AFP)
28/03/2013 - The abuse of methamphetamine in Thailand has become a widespread problem (ZDF)
24/03/2013 - Rising drug trade threatens Myanmar's aspirations (AP)
21/03/2013 - Police say 106-Ton haul destined for drug production (The Cambodia Daily)
19/03/2013 - Southeast Asian women wants more participation in corruption eradication programs (Antara News)
12/03/2013 - When conservation efforts meet global security (Al Jazeera)
04/03/2013 - Thailand cracks down on wildlife trafficking (Al Jazeera)
19/02/2013 - Asian Economic Growth Masks Growing Corruption Problem (Voice of America)
17/02/2013 - Shan State still not a drug-free zone (Bangkok Post)
13/02/2013 - Growing threat of Ice abuse in Singapore (AsiaOne)
01/02/2013 - Thai Anti-Corruption Commission honors UNODC's Gary Lewis NACC Thailand
28/01/2013 - Coordinated global response needed to fight organized drugs, crime (UNODC)
29/12/2012 - Southeast Asia: More meth-mad than ever (GlobalPost)
13/12/2012 - Methamphetamine: Asia's favourite high (Financial Times)
13/12/2012 - Lethal Trade: Asia Faces Rising Crystal Meth Use . (The Wall Street Journal)
12/12/2012 - Al Jazeera - Amphetamine-type Stimulants & other Drugs - Asia and the Pacific 2012 (Al Jazeera)
12/12/2012 - UN says methamphetamine remains biggest drug threat in East and Southeast Asia (The Washington Post)
13/12/2012 - UN says methamphetamine threat to Asia still high (Straits Times)
13/12/2012 - Illicit drug use threatening health, security in East, Southeast Asia: UN (ABC Radio Australia)
13/12/2012 - UN ระบุพม่าเป็นหัวใจสำคัญปัญหายาเสพติดในภูมิภาค (Thai version) (The Manager)
09/12/2012 - UNODC Executive Director: To save the orangutan, we must break the links between illegal timber trade, corruption and transnational organized crime (UNODC RCEAP)
05/12/2012 - Laos 'extremely vulnerable' to trafficking by organized crime groups - UN official (UN News Centre)
05/12/2012 - Lao PDR 'extremely vulnerable' to trafficking by transnational organized crime groups, says UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov (UNODC RCEAP)
04/12/2012 - UN pledges to help Vietnam combat crime (Viet Nam Plus)
04/12/2012 - UN office eager to increase links with Vietnamese police (Viet Nam Plus)
04/12/2012 - Renforcement de la coopération Vietnam-UNODC (Viet Nam Plus)
04/12/2012 - UNODC Executive Director meets Viet Nam Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (English) (Vietnamese)
04/12/2012 - UNODC Executive Director meets Aung San Suu Kyi (The Nation)
30/11/2012 - UNODC executive director meets Surapong (The Nation)
29/11/2012 - Press Release: UNODC Executive Director meets Thai Deputy PM (UNODC RCEAP)
23/11/2012 - THAILAND: Question marks over new approach to drug-users (IRIN)
08/11/2012 - Shan leaders acknowledge drug scourge in ethnic areas (The Nation)
05/11/2012 - Team effort needed to fight child-sex tourism (Viet Nam News)
01/11/2012 - Child sex abuse up despite crackdown (Viet Nam News)
01/11/2012 - Opium Rebounds on China Demand (China news)
01/11/2012 - Poppy cultivation jumps in Burma [Myanmar], Laos (Mizzima News)
01/11/2012 - The poppy harvest: Burma [Myanmar]'s boom industry (The Independent)
31/10/2012 - Myanmar, Laos see large increase in opium cultivation, U.N. says (Los Angeles Times)
31/10/2012 - UN Says Burmese [Myanmar] Opium Production Rising (The Irrawaddy Magazine)
31/10/2012 - Myanmar opium output rises despite eradication effort (Asahi Shimbun )
31/10/2012 - UN report: Opium cultivation rising in Burma [Myanmar] (BBC News)
31/10/2012 - BBC News World - Opium Poppy Survey Report 2012 (BBC News World)
31/10/2012 - Al Jazeera - Opium Poppy Survey Report 2012 (Al Jazeera)
25/10/2012 - Burma [Myanmar]'s Fastest Growing Business: Drugs (The Irrawaddy Magazine)
25/10/2012 - Laos to clamp down on sexual exploitation of children (Vientiane Times)
19/10/2012 - Child sex tourism slides under law (Viet Nam News)
10/10/2012 - Death Penalty Has No Place (The Phnom Penh Post)
10/10/2012 - Police Question Thai Women Over Siem Reap Cocaine Haul (The Cambodia Daily)
09/10/2012 - Top-level meeting held to suppress drugs in Shan State (Mizzima News)
01/10/2012 - UN body suggests countries use M'sia's approach in tackling drug abuse (The Star Online)
18/09/2012 - Myanmar facing growing drug challenge (France 24)
07/09/2012 - Smuggling between China and Vietnam (Financial Times)
05/09/2012 - U.S. Embassy, U.K. Embassy, UNODC, and Wildlife Conservation Society Partner with Vietnamese Government to Discuss Combating Transnational Crime (Embassy of the United States in Viet Nam Press Release)
15/08/2012 - Burma [Myanmar] confirms drug problem worse (Mizzima News)
16/08/2012 - Drug addiction fight forges new approach (The Phnom Penh Post)
15/08/2012 - Massive cocaine bust, Thai women arrested (The Phnom Penh Post)
15/08/2012 - Largest ever cocaine haul seized at airport (The Cambodia Daily)
08/08/2012 - Police Make Huge Cocaine Seizure at Airport (The Cambodia Daily)
09/08/2012 - Clarification on EU support to UNODC in Myanmar (Myanmar Times)
06/08/2012 - A Drug-free ASEAN? (SEA GLOBE)
06/08/2012 - The Bitterest Pill: World's drug cartels preying on SE Asia (SEA GLOBE)
02/08/2012 - Burmese [Myanmar] opium farmers need support to find an alternative livelihood (The Guardian)
27/07/2012 - MYANMAR: Opium farmers need alternative livelihood support (IRIN)
26/07/2012 - Drug detention hell (The Phnom Penh Post)
26/07/2012 - Group says drug centres should be shut down (The Cambodia Daily)
25/07/2012 - Rise in Drug Arrests Cause for Concern, UN Says (The Cambodia Daily)
24/07/2012 - Gov't Asks for Help in Fight Against Drugs (The Cambodia Daily)
24/07/2012 - Drug web pulling at Cambodia (Phnom Penh Post)
09/07/2012 - Opium fight fuels food insecurity (Myanmar Times)
18/07/2012 - UN campaign targets international crime rackets (ABC Radio Australia)
16/07/2012 - CCTV News (China): ASEAN Drug-Free by 2015 (CCTV (China))
06/07/2012 - Thailand's drugs smuggling battle (BBC News Asia)
06/07/2012 - MYANMAR: Coaxing farmers to grow tea, not opium (IRIN)
27/06/2012 - "亚太地区应加强跨境禁毒合作" (XINHUA)
27/06/2012 - BBC Up All Night (BBC UK)
27/06/2012 - Amphetamines on the rise in Southeast Asia, says UN (ABC Radio Australia)
12/06/2012 - Courting a good reputation (The Phnom Penh Post)
07/06/2012 - Graft busters to hold high level talks in Phuket (The Phuket News)
07/06/2012 - Security still an issue (The Fiji Times Online)
14/05/2012 - Drug Surge Clouds Myanmar Reform Effort (International Herald Tribune)
03/05/2012 - Six raids net huge drug haul (The Phnom Penh Post)
01/05/2012 - UNSG and wife visit poppy-substitute crop cultivation project in Hopon Tsp, Shan State (The New Light of Myanmar)
01/05/2012 - Myanmar's Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes (Businessweek)
01/05/2012 - Myanmar's Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes (Bloomberg)
25/04/2012 - UN, cops join to fight sex abuse of children (Bangkok Post)
20/02/2012 - Special Report: Myanmar declares war on opium (Reuters)
26/01/2012 - Media Coverage of Indonesian Presidential Dialogue (Jurnal Nasional)
19/01/2012 - Burmese [Myanmar] Political Reforms Raise Hope for Curbing Opium Production (Voice of America)
15/12/2011 - UN says opium production in Myanmar rises for fifth consecutive year in 2011 (Washington Post)
15/12/2011 - Burmese [Myanmar] opium production on the rise (Financial Times)
15/12/2011 - Opium cultivation rises in Burma [Myanmar] and Laos, UN says (BBC News)
03/12/2011 - Laos casino under suspicion over drugs trade (Al Jazeera)
01/12/2011 - Asia's changing drug trade presents new challenges (Radio Australia)
30/11/2011 - Amphetamine use soars in Southeast Asia (Radio Australia)
30/11/2011 - Crystal meth labs thrive in RI (Jakarta Post)
30/11/2011 - Gangs from Africa, Iran muscle in on South East Asia drugs -U.N. (REUTERS)
12/11/2011 - China Steps in to Patrol the Lawless Mekong (IPS News)
02/11/2011 - LAOS: Poor farmers need alternatives to opium (IRIN News)
21/10/2011 - Southeast Asia's failing war on drugs (Asia Times)
18/10/2011 - THAILAND: New drug crackdown raises concerns (IRIN News)

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