From Opium To Methamphetamines The Nine Lives Of The Drug Industry In Southeast Asia

Author : Wolfgang Sachsenroder
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811247255

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From Opium To Methamphetamines: The Nine Lives Of The Drug Industry In Southeast Asia by Wolfgang Sachsenroder Pdf

Southeast Asia is one of the biggest marketplaces for illicit drugs. The international syndicates with their billion-dollar profits are similar to the Hydra of the old Greek mythology which grew two new heads if one was cut off. Hercules eventually killed the monster with the help of his nephew who cauterised the fresh wounds before new heads could emerge. This story describes quite well the challenging task for the political and police efforts to fight the narcotics industry which has a long history in Asia. From the early 1800s, the East India Company dumped Indian opium on China and ruined the economy of both countries. During the colonial heydays, Britain in Malaya and Burma, France in Indochina, and the Netherlands in today's Indonesia, financed big parts of their colonial budgets with opium. In the 20th century, heroin ruined countless lives in Southeast Asia and in the West.Today, synthetic drugs, especially methamphetamines, are produced in hidden laboratories in remote areas of the region and smuggled across the porous borders. Drug prevention programs and the harsh penalties in all ASEAN states have not reduced the drug trade and the consumption. On the contrary, both are growing.This book analyses the detrimental impact of the drug industry on the political economy and the social developments in Southeast Asia. Shortcomings and lasting damages can be traced in the political structures, in the rampant corruption, and the secretive links between customs, armies, police organisations, and organised crime.

Author : Wolfgang Sachsenröder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Drug control
ISBN : 9811247242

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From Opium to Methamphetamines by Wolfgang Sachsenröder Pdf

"Southeast Asia is one of the biggest marketplaces for illicit drugs. The international syndicates with their billion-dollar profits are similar to the Hydra of the old Greek mythology which grew two new heads if one was cut off. Hercules eventually killed the monster with the help of his nephew who cauterised the fresh wounds before new heads could emerge. This story describes quite well the challenging task for the political and police efforts to fight the narcotics industry which has a long history in Asia. From the early 1800s, the East India Company dumped Indian opium on China and ruined the economy of both countries. During the colonial heydays, Britain in Malaya and Burma, France in Indochina, and the Netherlands in today's Indonesia, financed big parts of their colonial budgets with opium. In the 20th century, heroin ruined countless lives in Southeast Asia and in the West. Today, synthetic drugs, especially methamphetamines, are produced in hidden laboratories in remote areas of the region and smuggled across the porous borders. Drug prevention programs and the harsh penalties in all ASEAN states have not reduced the drug trade and the consumption. On the contrary, both are growing. This book analyses the detrimental impact of the drug industry on the political economy and the social developments in Southeast Asia. Shortcomings and lasting damages can be traced in the political structures, in the rampant corruption, and the secretive links between customs, armies, police organisations, and organised crime"--

Author : Ko-lin Chin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780801475214

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The Golden Triangle by Ko-lin Chin Pdf

The Golden Triangle region that joins Burma, Thailand, and Laos is one of the global centers of opiate and methamphetamine production. Opportunistic Chinese businessmen and leaders of various armed groups are largely responsible for the manufacture of these drugs. The region is defined by the apparently conflicting parallel strands of criminality and efforts at state building, a tension embodied by a group of individuals who are simultaneously local political leaders, drug entrepreneurs, and members of heavily armed militias. Ko-lin Chin, a Chinese American criminologist who was born and raised in Burma, conducted five hundred face-to-face interviews with poppy growers, drug dealers, drug users, armed group leaders, law-enforcement authorities, and other key informants in Burma, Thailand, and China. The Golden Triangle provides a lively portrait of a region in constant transition, a place where political development is intimately linked to the vagaries of the global market in illicit drugs. Chin explains the nature of opium growing, heroin and methamphetamine production, drug sales, and drug use. He also shows how government officials who live in these areas view themselves not as drug kingpins, but as people who are carrying the responsibility for local economic development on their shoulders.

Author : United Nations
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211482631

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The Global Afghan Opium Trade by United Nations Pdf

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789211561531

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World Drug Report 2008 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

The Report continues to provide in depth trend analysis of the four main drug markets in its first section. In addition, to mark the one hundred year anniversary of the Shanghai Opium Commission, and one hundred years of international drug control, the Report contains an in-depth look at the development of the international drug control system. The Report also contains a small statistical annex which provides a detailed look at production, prices and consumption. As in previous years, the present Report is based on data obtained primarily from the annual reports questionnaire (ARQ) sent by Governments to UNODC in 2007, supplemented by other sources when necessary and where available. Two of the main limitations herein are: (i) that ARQ reporting is not systematic enough, both in terms of number of countries responding and of content, and (ii) that most countries lack the adequate monitoring systems required to produce reliable, comprehensive and internationally comparable data. National monitoring systems are, however, improving and UNODC has contributed to this process.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789211554014

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World Drug Report 2007 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

This report offers one of the most comprehensive insights into global trends in international culture, production, seizure and price of illicit drugs. It examines trends in the world's four major markets: opium and heroin, coca and cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamine-type stimulants. This edition provides an in-depth examination of the link between transnational organized crime and drug trafficking. A detailed statistical appendix on production, prices and consumption completes this book, which gives the reader a comprehensive picture of the world's drug problem.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210041744

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World Drug Report 2019 (Set of 5 Booklets) by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

The 2019 World Drug Report will include an updated overview of recent trends on production, trafficking and consumption of key illicit drugs. The Report contains a global overview of the baseline data and estimates on drug demand and supply and provides the reference point for information on the drug situation worldwide.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210039765

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World Drug Report 2005 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

The World Drug Report 2005 provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of illicit drug trends at the international level. In addition, this year it presents the work of UNODC in two new areas of research: an estimate of the financial value of the world drug market, and the preliminary steps towards the creation of an illicit drug index. The analysis of trends, some going back 10 years or more, is presented in Volume 1. Detailed statistics are presented in Volume 2. Taken together these volumes provide the most up to date view of today's illicit drug situation.

Author : OECD,Asian Development Bank
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264305915

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Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 by OECD,Asian Development Bank Pdf

Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210549196

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World Drug Report 2011 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

Many illicit drug markets have reached global dimensions and require control strategies on a comparable scale. In that context, there is a need to better understand these transnational markets and the manner in which they operate. The annual Report, produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is a contribution towards that objective. It provides an overview of the illicit drug situation worldwide and regionally, analytical discussions of the key transnational drug markets and statistical trends for all major drug categories.

Author : Tom Kramer,Martin Jelsma,Tom Blickman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Drug control
ISBN : 9071007227

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Withdrawal Symptoms in the Golden Triangle by Tom Kramer,Martin Jelsma,Tom Blickman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211303141

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Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific by Anonim Pdf

Human trafficking and smuggling of migrants: Four of the 12 illicit flows reviewed in this report involve human beings. The first two concern movement between the countries of the region, one for general labour and one for sexual exploitation. The third concerns the smuggling of migrants from the region to the rich countries of the West, and the last focuses on migrants smuggled through the region from the poor and conflicted countries of South and Southwest Asia. Drug trafficking: The production and use of opiates has a long history in the region, but the main opiate problem in the 21st century involves the more refined form of the drug: heroin. In addition, methamphetamine has been a threat in parts of East Asia for decades (in the form of yaba tablets), but crystal methamphetamine has recently grown greatly in popularity. Virtually every country in the region has some crystal methamphetamine users, and some populations consume at very high levels.Resources: Resource-related crimes include those related to both extractive industries, such as the illegal harvesting of wildlife and timber, and other crimes that have a negative impact on the environment, such as the dumping of e-waste and the trade in ozone-depleting substances. In all cases, the threat goes beyond borders, jeopardizing the global environmental heritage. These are therefore crimes of inherent international significance, though they are frequently dealt with lightly under local legislation.Counterfeit goods: The trade in counterfeit goods is often perceived as a "soft" form of crime, but can have dangerous consequences for public health and safety. Fraudulent medicines in particular pose a threat to public health, and their use can foster the growth of treatment resistant pathogens.

Author : Pennsylvania State University. Department of Mineral Economics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : MINN:30000010621955

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Domestic Policy Review of Nonfuel Minerals by Pennsylvania State University. Department of Mineral Economics Pdf

Author : Florian Weigand
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789905205

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Conflict and Transnational Crime by Florian Weigand Pdf

Exploring the links between armed conflict and transnational crime, Florian Weigand builds on in-depth empirical research into some of Southeast Asia’s murkiest borders. The disparate voices of drug traffickers, rebel fighters, government officials and victims of armed conflict are heard in Conflict and Transnational Crime, exploring perspectives that have been previously disregarded in understanding the field.

Author : International Narcotics Control Board
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211481988

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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board 2004 by International Narcotics Control Board Pdf

This annual report from the International Narcotics Control Board gives an extensive analysis of illicit drug abuse and the efforts to control it at the national and international level. The 2004 report contains chapters on the following topics: the interaction between supply and demand of illicit drugs and the need for integrated reduction strategies; the operation of the international drug control system, including the national drug control strategy adopted by Afghanistan; and a review of the world and regional situation in terms of treaty adherence, national policies and regional co-operation, cultivation, production, trafficking and abuse.