Anti-narcotics measures intensify pressure on drug trafficking routes connecting Afghanistan, the Golden Triangle, and Myanmar.

The entities involved

• Afghanistan →

  country in Central and South Asia

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• Golden Triangle →

  opium-producing region in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos

  • Drug syndicates utilized the Golden Triangle region of Thailand for smuggling activities.Fri 00:39
• Myanmar →

  country in Southeast Asia

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