Methamphetamine and synthetic drug trafficking are exploding across Southeast Asia, with record-breaking seizures exposing ...

A new report by U.N. experts on the criminal drug trade says the illicit trade in methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs is growing by leaps and bounds in Southeast Asia.

Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’ A revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry.

Increased Golden Triangle meth production is pushing drugs into new markets, as the price of yaba — addictive caffeine-laced meth pills taken across the Mekong River — crumbles to as low as $1 ...

The United Nations anti-drug agency is warning that the huge trade in illegal drugs such as methamphetamine from Southeast Asia's ‘Golden Triangle’ shows no signs of slowing down ...

BANGKOK >> The huge trade in methamphetamine and other illegal drugs originating from a small corner of Southeast Asia shows no signs of slowing down, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...

Myanmar authorities incinerated illegal drugs valued at USD 300 million to combat rampant trafficking. The destruction ...

The UNODC’s Inshik Sim, the lead analyst for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said countries neighbouring Myanmar are becoming key trafficking routes for drugs produced in the Golden Triangle.

In a jungle clearing deep inside Southeast Asia's opium-growing Golden Triangle, four young men light incense sticks and kneel to pray before a bronze statue of an imposing figure astride a horse.

Asian governments seized a record 236 tons of the drug in 2024, the vast majority of it in mainland Southeast Asia. Golden Triangle Methamphetamine Trafficking Continues to Surge, UN Says – The ...