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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.
Myanmar says seized drugs worth half a billion dollars torched
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» Myanmar authorities said they torched more than half a billion dollars worth of narcotics on Sunday as part of eradication efforts for World Drug Day, as the UN warns that production of methamphetamine in the region is hitting record levels.
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.
Ruthless meth networks get ill-prepared Myanmar hooked
Hla Hla Htay and Richard Sargent of AFP, Published on 20/02/2019
» KUTKAI, Myanmar: Mobs of stick-wielding church-goers in Myanmar's northeast would previously attack dealers and addicts in a desperate effort to save their communities from a meth-induced health crisis sweeping the country.
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.