A new report by U.N. experts on the criminal drug trade says the illicit trade in methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs is growing by leaps and bounds in Southeast Asia.

The combined heroin and meth trade in the Golden Triangle is estimated to be worth $60 billion, with local production capacity “practically infinite,” Jeremy Douglas, the UNODC’s Asia chief ...

Methamphetamine and synthetic drug trafficking are exploding across Southeast Asia, with record-breaking seizures exposing the scale of the crisis, according to the UN.Methamphetamine seizures in the ...

Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’ A revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry.

The UNODC’s Inshik Sim, the lead analyst for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said countries neighbouring Myanmar are becoming key trafficking routes for drugs produced in the Golden Triangle.

BANGKOK >> The huge trade in methamphetamine and other illegal drugs originating from a small corner of Southeast Asia shows no signs of slowing down, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs with massive drug-burning ceremonies taking place in cities like Yangon, Mandalay, and Taunggyi.

Increased Golden Triangle meth production is pushing drugs into new markets, as the price of yaba — addictive caffeine-laced meth pills taken across the Mekong River — crumbles to as low as $1 ...

The United Nations anti-drug agency is warning that the huge trade in illegal drugs such as methamphetamine from Southeast Asia's ‘Golden Triangle’ shows no signs of slowing down ...

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The UNODC’s Inshik Sim, the lead analyst for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said countries neighbouring Myanmar are becoming key trafficking routes for drugs produced in the Golden Triangle.