Organized crime threatens peace and prosperity in an integrated Southeast Asia
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:44 pm
Cambodia is a "hub" for drugs ? Maybe true, but the opiate drugs come from north and east as always. As well as meth from Thailand and Laos. I think the UNODC is behind the times, this is not new. IMO, Thailand is where it happens.
The PPP article on this: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/c ... -hub-drugs
https://www.unodc.org/southeastasiaandp ... story.htmlBangkok (Thailand), 25 February 2016 - Rapid integration in Southeast Asia is creating new economic, social and development opportunities, but also poses significant security challenges underpinned by organised crime, according to a new report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). There are indications that organized crime and associated problems are expanding and diversifying as regional integration intensifies.
Controlling the illegal flows of goods, people and money has increasingly become a challenge that governments cannot address alone. The illegal trade of people, drugs, wildlife and counterfeits in Southeast Asia is conservatively estimated at USD 100 billion per year, and has a destabilizing effect by generating money for criminal and non-state groups that is laundered into the legitimate economy...
The PPP article on this: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/c ... -hub-drugs