China targets one of Asia’s biggest meth cartels

The porous lawless border areas of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos have long been a hub for heroin production, but the “Golden Triangle” drug trade is now pumping unprecedented quantities of synthetic drugs into the global markets, fuelling a US$61bil drug trade.

In large part responsible for this shift is a mega-cartel known as “Sam Gor”, which the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime believes is Asia’s biggest crime syndicate led by a Chinese-born Canadian citizen named Tse Chi Lop. China is stepping up efforts with Mekong countries – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam – to take down Sam Gor in a “joint operation”, said an official from China’s National Narcotics Control Commission on Friday.

Sam Gor is believed to launder its billions in drug money out through businesses springing up along the Mekong, including casinos, hotels and real estate. — AFP

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