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China says SE Asia drugs spur crime
Reuters, Published on 19/11/2014
» BEIJING — An increase in the smuggling of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine from Southeast Asia has fuelled a rise in violent crime in China this year, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Mekong nations take on Golden Triangle narco-empire
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2016
» THE MEKONG RIVER -- The Lao People's Army patrol boat was custom-made in China with night-vision capability and two of the most powerful engines on this remote stretch of the Mekong River.
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Bullets trump rehabilitation in drug war
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2016
» The Philippines is the site of the latest "war on drugs" escalation. It has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighbouring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
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Manila drug suspects saw through jail bars
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2017
» MANILA - Thirteen people facing drug charges escaped from a police detention facility in the Philippines on Sunday after sawing through iron bars, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.
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More blood but no victory in Duterte's drug war
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2017
» MANILA - Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as ever about crime.
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Police arrest 17 in Australia, Dubai, Netherlands drug raids
Reuters, Published on 08/08/2017
» SYDNEY -- Police in Australia, Dubai and the Netherlands have arrested 17 people and seized nearly two tonnes of narcotics in raids the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Tuesday had broken up two interlinked Middle Eastern crime syndicates.
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Malaysia makes record bust of crystal meth
Reuters, Published on 28/05/2018
» NILAI, Malaysia: Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Myanmar, and arrested six suspected traffickers.
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Laos torches narcotics stockpile on World Drug Day
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2018
» VIENTIANE: Laos drug officials torched around 40 kilogrammes of heroin and tens of thousands of "yaba" pills Tuesday, a small but significant fraction of the narcotics burned on World Drug Day in a region awash with illegal substances.
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Oversupply of drugs puts Thai, SE Asian youth at risk, UN says
Reuters, Published on 02/10/2018
» Production and trafficking of illicit drugs have reached unprecedented levels in Southeast Asia's Mekong region and East Asia, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that oversupply increases the risks for younger users.
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Golden Triangle's drug production expands
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2018
» JAKARTA: Organised crime groups are expanding and diversifying drug production in Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle amid fears the region could emerge as a hub for synthetic opioids like fentanyl, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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