Drugs trade
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Opioid crisis: US and China at odds over influx of fentanyl
Antony Blinken speaks at launch of US-led coalition to address synthetic drug threatsWho is responsible for th…
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Richard Wakeling, crime boss extradited to UK from Thailand, starts jail sentence
Drug importer fled UK in 2018 before trial that led to 11-year prison term but was captured at a Bangkok garag…
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British organised crime boss arrested in Thailand
Richard Wakeling, 55, had been on the run since he fled the UK before his trial for drug smuggling in 2018A Br…
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New Zealand intercepts 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $500m floating in Pacific Ocean
Authorities say the haul, which is the largest seizure of illicit drugs made by the country’s law enforcement,…
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Myanmar opium production surges since coup, UN finds
Conflict and economic hardship force farmers to rely on opium, with poppy cultivation rising by 33% in 2022Pro…
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Police foil alleged plot to import 30kg of methamphetamine into WA inside 3D printers
Two men, alleged to be senior members of an international crime syndicate, face charges in TaiwanFollow our Au…
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‘It’s our lifeline’: the Taliban are back but Afghans say opium is here to stay
Despite talk of a Taliban ban, in Helmand’s poppy fields farmers and traders say they are not the only ones wh…
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‘I’m quitting politics’, says Rodrigo Duterte – for a second time
Fears that controversial leader is lining up his daughter as his successorPhilippine president Rodrigo Duterte…
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India seizes $2.7bn of heroin from Afghanistan at port
Heroin production has boomed in Afghanistan in recent years and the country produces most of the world’s suppl…
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Leaving Afghanistan: the west has lessons to learn | Letters
As troops prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country, readers reflect on western nations’ involvement and l…
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Hong Kong police seize record 700kg of cocaine
Authorities say collapse of travel during Covid has forced smugglers to make bulk shipments instead of using d…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian politics, China, Drugs trade, South and Central Asia
Australia to help south-east Asia combat crime as China deepens influence in region
A new program will help countries in the Mekong region tackle drug and human trafficking, child sexual exploit…
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Alleged drug lord on world’s most wanted list arrested in Amsterdam
Tse Chi Lop detained at request of Australian police investigating $70bn-a-year Asia-Pacific drug tradeDutch p…
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Ghost boat laden with cocaine washes up in the Marshall Islands
Abandoned vessel containing 649kg of drug washes up on a remote Pacific atoll after potentially years at seaPo…
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Thailand’s $1bn ketamine bust probably just chemicals after all
Officials admit what they thought was 11.5 tonnes of drugs is most likely trisodium phosphate, a food additive…