The Golden Triangle's methamphetamine problem is spreading beyond the Mekong region, with high volumes of the drug being seized in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Figures revealed on Monday (May 21) show that several Mekong countries have already surpassed 2017 seizure totals only a few months into 2018.
These figures were released by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at the start of a two-day anti-drug conference in Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw.
From 2008 to 2017, meth tablet seizures in the region increased nine times from 50 million to more than 450 million.
Between 2014 and 2016, meth prices across the region in Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand fell, reaching a low of US$2 per tablet in Thailand and US$ 2.20 in Myanmar.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/...h-east-asias-golden-triangle-as-supply-surges
Figures revealed on Monday (May 21) show that several Mekong countries have already surpassed 2017 seizure totals only a few months into 2018.
These figures were released by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at the start of a two-day anti-drug conference in Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw.
From 2008 to 2017, meth tablet seizures in the region increased nine times from 50 million to more than 450 million.
Between 2014 and 2016, meth prices across the region in Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand fell, reaching a low of US$2 per tablet in Thailand and US$ 2.20 in Myanmar.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/...h-east-asias-golden-triangle-as-supply-surges
