BANGKOK — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said Thursday, while warning of strong prospects for future expansion of the deadly trade. The Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs …
Drug seizures, mainly of cocaine and cannabis resin, have soared in the region, according to a UN report. Drug seizures have soared in the West African Sahel region, according to a new United Nations report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. “The involvement of various armed groups in drug trafficking continues to undermine peace …
Violent political turmoil in Myanmar in years since 2021 coup has contributed to production increase, new report says. The 95 percent decline in opium cultivation in Afghanistan after a drug ban by the Taliban in 2022 has seen global supply shift to Myanmar, where political, social and economic instability brought about by a 2021 coup drove many to poppy farming, …
Satellite imagery has shown a staggering 99% reduction in opium cultivation in Afghanistan's Helmand. In a press release, Alcis Holding Ltd. suggested that in 2023, the Taliban had successfully reduced poppy cultivation by more than 99% in Helmand Province, which previously produced more than 50% of the country's opium. After the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the …
As entire regions of the world are at risk of becoming ‘increasingly uninhabitable’, millions will face a ‘high risk of exploitation along migration routes, the UN report said Vienna, Austria: Evidence is emerging that climate-related disasters are becoming a cause of human trafficking as criminal gangs exploit a growing number of uprooted people, the UN said Tuesday. The continuing war …
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