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Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2022
» Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast Asia and beyond, a senior official from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Reuters.
Myanmar military-linked tycoon arrested for drug trafficking
Published on 21/09/2022
» Authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a Myanmar tycoon suspected of drug trafficking, who three sources said was linked to the upper echelons of Myanmar's ruling military junta.
Philippine drug trafficking charge against Duterte critic dismissed
Published on 12/05/2023
» Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was acquitted Friday on one of two remaining drug trafficking charges filed against her under the Rodrigo Duterte administration, court officials said, putting her a step closer to freedom.
Former pop idol Pookie confesses to drug trafficking, laundering
Post Reporters, Published on 04/11/2019
» Former hit singer Prissana Praisaeng, aka Pookie, and her husband confessed to drug trafficking and money laundering when they appeared in the Criminal Court in Bangkok on Monday. and three other suspects to the Criminal Court on Monday for the examination of evidence and witness lists ahead of their trial for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Assets worth B31m seized from Buachan drug trafficking network
Online Reporters, Published on 29/04/2021
» Cash and other assets worth about 31 million baht believed acquired with profits from drug trafficking have been seized in raids on 20 locations in the East.
Russian arrested on drug trafficking charges on Koh Samui
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/09/2021
» SURAT THANI: Police arrested a Russian man at a housing estate on Koh Samui on charges of possessing several kinds of illegal drugs intended for sale.
Special unit to catch officials involved in drug trafficking
Online Reporters, Published on 11/03/2024
» The Office of the Narcotics Control Board has set up a special unit to investigate and arrest government officials in border areas involved in the illicit drug business.
Ex-Venezuela general charged with drug trafficking surrenders to US
AFP, Published on 29/03/2020
» BOGOTA - A retired Venezuelan general has turned himself over to Colombian authorities after the United States charged him with drug-trafficking and offered a reward for his capture, local media said on Saturday.
Honduras ex-president extradited to US for drug trafficking trial
AFP, Published on 22/04/2022
» NEW YORK - Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was extradited to the United States Thursday to stand trial for allegedly aiding the smuggling of hundreds of tons of cocaine to America and receiving millions of dollars in bribes.
Architect of Mexico's drug war convicted in US of trafficking
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» NEW YORK - A once-powerful Mexican government minister was convicted by a US jury Tuesday of aiding the very drug smuggling he was tasked with cracking down on.