In 2023, the opium trade in Myanmar expanded for a third consecutive year, increasing 36% compared to 2022 production. The “entire opiate economy” in Myanmar is now worth between $1 billion ...
The violent political turmoil in Myanmar has contributed to the opium production increase. “The economic, security and governance disruptions that followed the military takeover of February 2021 ...
The UNODC reports record production in 2023 with an 18 per cent increase in land under poppy cultivation. Civil war has led to crop replacement at the expense of rice or maize. Opium is refined ...
Myanmar became the world's biggest opium producer in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government launched a crackdown on the crop there - Copyright AFP ...
The opium resin extracted from the poppies is then refined into heroin destined for the world market - with Myanmar overtaking Afghanistan as the world's biggest producer in 2023. We've detected ...
It all started with a Facebook ad. Rachel Yoong was bored and fed up at work when a job posting for a casino in the Myanmar capital Yangon popped up on her phone. The purported $4,500 monthly ...
The drug burn came as U.N. experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in Myanmar, with exports threatening to expand markets in South and Southeast Asia.
The "Golden Triangle" border region between Myanmar, Laos and Thailand has long been a hotbed of illegal drug production and ...
Bangkok (AsiaNews) – Myanmar’s ongoing civil war is fuelling opium production to fund the parties to the conflict as well as meet local demand. Available data show the extent of the boom ...
In a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin. The next morning they will collect ...
A burning pile of seized illegal drugs is seen during a destruction ceremony to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 26, 2023.
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