Vietnam has become a hub for the transit of illicit drugs either into or through Mainland South-east Asia. More than half of the ten provinces sharing a border have become drug-trafficking "hot spots" in recent years. This chapter looks at the distinguishing geographical, topographical, and ...
The drug trade remains rampant in China's border areas despite enhanced supervision. The problem is especially pervasive in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which borders Vietnam and has become one of the biggest channels for drug trafficking to and from China -- second only to n...
NANNING,June27 (Xinhua) --ChinesepolicehandedoverasuspecteddrugtraffickertoVietnamonWednesdayaspartofananti-drugcooperationbetweenthetwocountries,localauthoritiessaidThursday. TangsYung(transliteration),amajorsuspectwantedbyVietnamesepoliceinadrugtraffickingcasein2007,washandedoverattheYouyiguanbordergateinPingxiangCity...
The Vietnam War and Drug Trafficking The U.S. involvement in theVietnam Warled to a boost in heroin being smuggled into the United States between the years 1965-1970. Drug use among Vietnam soldiers was widespread. In 1971, reports showed 15 percent of active soldiers were heroin addicts, ...
InDongxingCity,returnedChinesebusinessmenfromVietnamhavegotinvolvedindrugtraffickinginrecentyears,usingtheirfamiliaritywithbothVietnamandGuangxi,GaoJianping,adrugcontrolpoliceofficerinDongxing,toldXinhua. Inonecase, 74-year-oldWangLunye,wassentencedtodeathinMayforhisinvolvementintraffickingdrugsformorethan10years.He...
Vietnamese police uncovered a major cross-border drug-trafficking case in February last year, and seized 100.8 kg of heroin, which the suspects were planning to traffic into China from Laos via a border crossing in Vietnam. Khoi escaped to China, Yan said, but was detained in Huizhou, Guan...
“Rather than put too much police resources into trivial matters such as murder, rape, burglary and the trafficking ofVietnamese slave children, we intend to crack down further on the vendors of any items which can be easily made into a DIY bong. ...
Until the kidnapping, I didn’t have much interest in the subject of drugs. Drug trafficking was part of the background noise of the El Paso-Juarez region where I worked as a reporter. It was low keyed even in its violence; it did not draw too much attention to itself. My journalistic...
Liusaidtheauthoritiesfacechallengesincombatingcross-borderdrugtrafficking,asitisdifficulttouncovertraffickingnetworksandcapturegangleaders,aswellasconductinginvestigationsandcollectingevidence. "Weneedtocooperatewithjudicialauthoritiesinothercountriestoidentifyforeignsuspects,andliaiseonevidence-collectingabroad,"hesaid. ...