Since the Taliban banned the crop in 2022, Myanmar has become the world leader in illicit opium production. Afghanistan had previously filled around 80 per cent of the market so its departure has ...

The violent political turmoil in Myanmar has contributed to the opium production increase. “The economic, security and governance disruptions that followed the military takeover of February 2021 ...

Laboratory-made drugs are cheap to produce and - unlike heroin and other traditional drugs - the production ... anticipated". Myanmar is the world's second largest producer of opium, after ...

Opium cultivation and drug processing are an intangible part of the history of Myanmar’s Shan State, where political ...

The destruction came as UN experts warned of increases in the production of opium, heroin and methamphetamine in Myanmar, with exports threatening to expand markets in south and south-east Asia.

The military says it stepping up its fight against narcotics, without reckoning with its own role in the recent boom in production ... people preyed upon by Myanmar’s military.” ...

In 2018 the UNODC estimated opium production contributed up to 11% of the country's economy. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said: "When we were in ...

Myanmar’s mountainous borders with China and Thailand have always been unregulated grey zones with opium growing, methamphetamine production, gambling and online scam centres, along with more ...

Opium originates primarily in Afghanistan or Myanmar, while cocaine comes mostly ... cartels from almost 20 countries are involved. Production: Opium production primarily in Afghanistan; heroin ...

Lim, Jinhee and Kim, Taekyoon 2021. Bringing drugs into light: embedded governance and opium production in Myanmar’s Shan State. Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 49, Issue. 2, p. 105. Ghiabi, Maziyar ...