By Prachatai x OCCRP |
<p>For a few tense hours last week, Thai Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun was wanted for arrest in connection with an alleged drug trafficking and money laundering ring operating out of a casino in the Golden Triangle. </p>
By Shan Drug Watch |
<p>Pro-junta militias operating in Shan State are now the main players in the drug trade, according to new findings by local Shan analysts.</p>
<p>The latest Shan Drug Watch newsletter, issued on 29 Sept, details how the Burmese regime’s War on Drugs has fallen way behind schedule, with 46 of Shan State’s 55 townships still growing opium. This is attributed to the Burma Army’s reliance on taxation of opium, and its policy to allow numerous proxy local militia to deal in drugs, including methamphetamines, in exchange for policing against resistance activity.</p>