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Organised crime outpaces authorities in SE Asia, UN says

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Many of the cartels, based in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Thailand, are outpacing the ability of law enforcement to respond. FMTNews SEAsia UN

Transnational crime syndicates are exploiting rampant corruption, weak law enforcement and lax border controls to grow their power and reach.

“In many parts of Southeast Asia, the systematic payment of bribes at borders is as regulated as the payment of fees in official bureaucratic systems,” the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report. Proceeds of crime are also laundered through the formal banking system in Singapore and Hong Kong, it added.

“The Asia-Pacific meth market is now the biggest in the world,” Jeremy Douglas, the agency’s representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, told Reuters. The most valuable markets in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea make up US$20 billion, or a third of the high-end estimate, it added.

 

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