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In Nigeria, voters set on defending a free election
AFP, Published on 26/02/2023
» AWKA (NIGERIA) - Nigerians of all ages were determined to ensure a credible election outcome, monitoring polling centres as initial results from a presidential election trickled in on Sunday.
Mekong ‘meth mogul’ nabbed after Australia probe
AFP, Published on 24/01/2021
» The alleged ringleader of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands, with Australian authorities pushing for his extradition to face trial.
Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.
Thailand targets narco millions hidden in gold, steel and crypto
AFP, Published on 26/06/2020
» The downfall of a meth syndicate laundering tens of millions of dollars of drug money through Thai gold shops, oil and construction firms has cast rare light on the staggering scale of Asia's narco profits - and the ruses used to hide them.
Welcome wears thin for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
AFP, Published on 21/08/2019
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: When hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh two years ago, local communities were mostly welcoming.
Drones, boats and megabaht: Laos route spews meth into Thailand
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» NAKHON PHANOM: As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now using drones, scouts and a pool of poor fishermen to shift record amounts of meth into Thailand.
Myanmar police seize massive haul of meth pills
AFP, Published on 04/03/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar authorities seized more than 10 million meth pills worth US$13.3 million (423 million baht) over the weekend, police said Monday, another massive haul in a country widely believed to be the world's largest methamphetamine producer.
Muse: Myanmar's militia-run, billion-dollar gateway to China
AFP, Published on 31/01/2019
» MUSE, Myanmar: With tinted windows and their militia name emblazoned on the side of their Ford truck, "Pan Say" fighters cruise the sleazy streets of Muse, Myanmar's main gateway to China and awash with weapons and cash from casinos, drugs and sex.
18 million meth pills seized in Chiang Rai
AFP, Published on 17/12/2018
» Authorities seized more than 18 million meth pills in the drug-riddled "Golden Triangle", a senior military official said Monday, following deadly anti-trafficking operations in the border region.
Getting high in Laos' opium-riddled mountains
AFP, Published on 09/09/2018
» HOUAPHAN PROVINCE, Laos: In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high.