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Czechs bust Vietnamese drug gang using Thailand in Australia connection
AFP, Published on 13/06/2018
» PRAGUE: Czech police said Tuesday they had charged 60 people with drug trafficking after busting a ring smuggling cocaine and heroin to Australia via the United States and Thailand.
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Ivory trafficking in Africa controlled by 'powerful few'
AFP, Published on 15/02/2016
» WASHINGTON - Ivory trafficking in Africa, which threatens the survival of the species, is highly concentrated in a few geographic hotspots and controlled by a powerful few, say scientists who use DNA analysis to track the illegal wildlife trade.
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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.
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Hong Kong seizes record eight tonnes of pangolin scales
AFP, Published on 01/02/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs officers unveiled a record seizure of pangolin scales on Friday, the latest huge haul to underscore the city's central role in the lucrative and booming illegal wildlife trade.
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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.
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Exotic animals from Italy's underworld get second chance
AFP, Published on 14/06/2016
» ROME - In ancient Rome, they would have been pitted against gladiators or served up at banquets.
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Malaysian arrested with half-tonne of cannabis
AFP, Published on 19/04/2016
» A Malaysian has been arrested for trying to smuggle more than half a tonne of cannabis into his country across the southern border, police said Tuesday.
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Myanmar claims $100m meth bust
AFP, Published on 29/07/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar authorities have seized methamphetamine tablets worth an estimated $100 million from an abandoned truck in Rangoon, state media said Tuesday, as the country struggles to stem surging drug production.
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Thailand-bound drug mules nabbed
AFP, Published on 20/11/2014
» Colombian police arrested 11 gang members suspected of using human mules to smuggle narcotics to Thailand and other Asian countries.
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South death sentences condemned
AFP, Published on 28/11/2014
» Human rights groups Friday condemned the Thai authorities for sentencing five alleged Muslim separatists to death, saying the punishment would do little to promote peace in the violence-racked south.
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