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Outrage as ‘student trafficked to Cambodia to work at scam call centre’ dies

200,000 people are believed to be working at online scam sites in Cambodia

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025

Technological Shift Among Southeast Asian Organized Crime Groups 'Revolutionized' Crypto Laundering: UN

Organized crime groups in Southeast Asia, particularly those in the Mekong area, have adapted to the technological era, allowing for the proliferation of underground banking and crypto laundering.

International Business Times · Jan 16, 2024

Thai police seize a record haul of 50 million methamphetamine tablets near border with Myanmar

Thai police have seized what is being called a record haul of methamphetamine tablets in the western province of Kanchanaburi, close to the Myanmar border

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

‘Tip of the spear’: Battling the Golden Triangle’s drug lords

A low-intensity but bloody battle is being fought to contain the flow of drugs from Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2023

Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’

The revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry.

Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2023

Opium farming surges in Myanmar since the military coup, the U.N. says

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

WEKU · Jan 26, 2023

Report: Myanmar opium cultivation surges 33% amid violence

The United Nations says the production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s seizure of power

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Opium cultivation surges since Myanmar military seized power: UN

Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021.

Al Jazeera · Jan 26, 2023

Laos makes huge drug haul

Police in Laos have made their third-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs by netting 33 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post · Sep 24, 2022

1 billion pills: The number of seized drugs reaches ominous record in Asia

A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.

WEKU · May 30, 2022