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• 13/05/2013 - Can either side of politics stop the asylum boats? (ABC News)
• 07/05/2013 - Ethnic Armies' Role in Burma Drug Trade Off Table at Six-Nation Talks (The Irrawaddy Magazine)
• 16/04/2013 - UN: Asia's Transnational Criminal Profits Dwarf GDP (Voice of America)
• 16/04/2013 - Organised crime worth $90 bn a year in East Asia (AFP)
• 28/03/2013 - The abuse of methamphetamine in Thailand has become a widespread problem (ZDF)
• 24/03/2013 - Rising drug trade threatens Myanmar's aspirations (AP)
• 21/03/2013 - Police say 106-Ton haul destined for drug production (The Cambodia Daily)
• 19/03/2013 - Southeast Asian women wants more participation in corruption eradication programs (Antara News)
• 12/03/2013 - When conservation efforts meet global security (Al Jazeera)
• 04/03/2013 - Thailand cracks down on wildlife trafficking (Al Jazeera)
• 19/02/2013 - Asian Economic Growth Masks Growing Corruption Problem (Voice of America)
• 17/02/2013 - Shan State still not a drug-free zone (Bangkok Post)
• 13/02/2013 - Growing threat of Ice abuse in Singapore (AsiaOne)
• 01/02/2013 - Thai Anti-Corruption Commission honors UNODC's Gary Lewis NACC Thailand
• 28/01/2013 - Coordinated global response needed to fight organized drugs, crime (UNODC)
• 29/12/2012 - Southeast Asia: More meth-mad than ever (GlobalPost)
• 13/12/2012 - Methamphetamine: Asia's favourite high (Financial Times)
• 13/12/2012 - Lethal Trade: Asia Faces Rising Crystal Meth Use . (The Wall Street Journal)
• 12/12/2012 - Al Jazeera - Amphetamine-type Stimulants & other Drugs - Asia and the Pacific 2012 (Al Jazeera)
• 12/12/2012 - UN says methamphetamine remains biggest drug threat in East and Southeast Asia (The Washington Post)
• 13/12/2012 - UN says methamphetamine threat to Asia still high (Straits Times)
• 13/12/2012 - Illicit drug use threatening health, security in East, Southeast Asia: UN (ABC Radio Australia)
• 13/12/2012 - UN ระบุพม่าเป็นหัวใจสำคัญปัญหายาเสพติดในภูมิภาค (Thai version) (The Manager)
• 09/12/2012 - UNODC Executive Director: To save the orangutan, we must break the links between illegal timber trade, corruption and transnational organized crime (UNODC RCEAP)
• 05/12/2012 - Laos 'extremely vulnerable' to trafficking by organized crime groups - UN official (UN News Centre)
• 05/12/2012 - Lao PDR 'extremely vulnerable' to trafficking by transnational organized crime groups, says UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov (UNODC RCEAP)
• 04/12/2012 - UN pledges to help Vietnam combat crime (Viet Nam Plus)
• 04/12/2012 - UN office eager to increase links with Vietnamese police (Viet Nam Plus)
• 04/12/2012 - Renforcement de la coopération Vietnam-UNODC (Viet Nam Plus)
• 04/12/2012 - UNODC Executive Director meets Viet Nam Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (English) (Vietnamese)
• 04/12/2012 - UNODC Executive Director meets Aung San Suu Kyi (The Nation)
• 30/11/2012 - UNODC executive director meets Surapong (The Nation)
• 29/11/2012 - Press Release: UNODC Executive Director meets Thai Deputy PM (UNODC RCEAP)
• 23/11/2012 - THAILAND: Question marks over new approach to drug-users (IRIN)
• 08/11/2012 - Shan leaders acknowledge drug scourge in ethnic areas (The Nation)
• 05/11/2012 - Team effort needed to fight child-sex tourism (Viet Nam News)
• 01/11/2012 - Child sex abuse up despite crackdown (Viet Nam News)
• 01/11/2012 - Opium Rebounds on China Demand (China news)
• 01/11/2012 - Poppy cultivation jumps in Burma [Myanmar], Laos (Mizzima News)
• 01/11/2012 - The poppy harvest: Burma [Myanmar]'s boom industry (The Independent)
• 31/10/2012 - Myanmar, Laos see large increase in opium cultivation, U.N. says (Los Angeles Times)
• 31/10/2012 - UN Says Burmese [Myanmar] Opium Production Rising (The Irrawaddy Magazine)
• 31/10/2012 - Myanmar opium output rises despite eradication effort (Asahi Shimbun )
• 31/10/2012 - UN report: Opium cultivation rising in Burma [Myanmar] (BBC News)
• 31/10/2012 - BBC News World - Opium Poppy Survey Report 2012 (BBC News World)
• 31/10/2012 - Al Jazeera - Opium Poppy Survey Report 2012 (Al Jazeera)
• 25/10/2012 - Burma [Myanmar]'s Fastest Growing Business: Drugs (The Irrawaddy Magazine)
• 25/10/2012 - Laos to clamp down on sexual exploitation of children (Vientiane Times)
• 19/10/2012 - Child sex tourism slides under law (Viet Nam News)
• 10/10/2012 - Death Penalty Has No Place (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 10/10/2012 - Police Question Thai Women Over Siem Reap Cocaine Haul (The Cambodia Daily)
• 09/10/2012 - Top-level meeting held to suppress drugs in Shan State (Mizzima News)
• 01/10/2012 - UN body suggests countries use M'sia's approach in tackling drug abuse (The Star Online)
• 18/09/2012 - Myanmar facing growing drug challenge (France 24)
• 07/09/2012 - Smuggling between China and Vietnam (Financial Times)
• 05/09/2012 - U.S. Embassy, U.K. Embassy, UNODC, and Wildlife Conservation Society Partner with Vietnamese Government to Discuss Combating Transnational Crime (Embassy of the United States in Viet Nam Press Release)
• 24/08/2012 - Cambodia wants more information on Taiwan's Heroin haul (The Cambodia Daily)
• 15/08/2012 - Burma [Myanmar] confirms drug problem worse (Mizzima News)
• 16/08/2012 - Drug addiction fight forges new approach (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 15/08/2012 - Massive cocaine bust, Thai women arrested (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 15/08/2012 - Largest ever cocaine haul seized at airport (The Cambodia Daily)
• 08/08/2012 - Police Make Huge Cocaine Seizure at Airport (The Cambodia Daily)
• 09/08/2012 - Clarification on EU support to UNODC in Myanmar (Myanmar Times)
• 06/08/2012 - A Drug-free ASEAN? (SEA GLOBE)
• 06/08/2012 - The Bitterest Pill: World's drug cartels preying on SE Asia (SEA GLOBE)
• 02/08/2012 - Burmese [Myanmar] opium farmers need support to find an alternative livelihood (The Guardian)
• 27/07/2012 - MYANMAR: Opium farmers need alternative livelihood support (IRIN)
• 26/07/2012 - Drug detention hell (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 26/07/2012 - Group says drug centres should be shut down (The Cambodia Daily)
• 25/07/2012 - Rise in Drug Arrests Cause for Concern, UN Says (The Cambodia Daily)
• 24/07/2012 - Gov't Asks for Help in Fight Against Drugs (The Cambodia Daily)
• 24/07/2012 - Drug web pulling at Cambodia (Phnom Penh Post)
• 09/07/2012 - Opium fight fuels food insecurity (Myanmar Times)
• 18/07/2012 - UN campaign targets international crime rackets (ABC Radio Australia)
• 16/07/2012 - CCTV News (China): ASEAN Drug-Free by 2015 (CCTV (China))
• 06/07/2012 - Thailand's drugs smuggling battle (BBC News Asia)
• 06/07/2012 - MYANMAR: Coaxing farmers to grow tea, not opium (IRIN)
• 27/06/2012 - "亚太地区应加强跨境禁毒合作" (XINHUA)
• 27/06/2012 - BBC Up All Night (BBC UK)
• 27/06/2012 - Amphetamines on the rise in Southeast Asia, says UN (ABC Radio Australia)
• 12/06/2012 - Courting a good reputation (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 07/06/2012 - Graft busters to hold high level talks in Phuket (The Phuket News)
• 07/06/2012 - Security still an issue (The Fiji Times Online)
• 14/05/2012 - Drug Surge Clouds Myanmar Reform Effort (International Herald Tribune)
• 03/05/2012 - Six raids net huge drug haul (The Phnom Penh Post)
• 01/05/2012 - UNSG and wife visit poppy-substitute crop cultivation project in Hopon Tsp, Shan State (The New Light of Myanmar)
• 01/05/2012 - Myanmar's Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes (Businessweek)
• 01/05/2012 - Myanmar's Opium Growers Struggle to Get by With Potatoes (Bloomberg)
• 25/04/2012 - UN, cops join to fight sex abuse of children (Bangkok Post)
• 20/02/2012 - Special Report: Myanmar declares war on opium (Reuters)
• 26/01/2012 - Media Coverage of Indonesian Presidential Dialogue (Jurnal Nasional)
• 19/01/2012 - Burmese [Myanmar] Political Reforms Raise Hope for Curbing Opium Production (Voice of America)
• 15/12/2011 - UN says opium production in Myanmar rises for fifth consecutive year in 2011 (Washington Post)
• 15/12/2011 - Burmese [Myanmar] opium production on the rise (Financial Times)
• 15/12/2011 - Opium cultivation rises in Burma [Myanmar] and Laos, UN says (BBC News)
• 03/12/2011 - Laos casino under suspicion over drugs trade (Al Jazeera)
• 01/12/2011 - Asia's changing drug trade presents new challenges (Radio Australia)
• 30/11/2011 - Amphetamine use soars in Southeast Asia (Radio Australia)
• 30/11/2011 - Crystal meth labs thrive in RI (Jakarta Post)
• 30/11/2011 - Gangs from Africa, Iran muscle in on South East Asia drugs -U.N. (REUTERS)
• 12/11/2011 - China Steps in to Patrol the Lawless Mekong (IPS News)
• 02/11/2011 - LAOS: Poor farmers need alternatives to opium (IRIN News)
• 21/10/2011 - Southeast Asia's failing war on drugs (Asia Times)
• 18/10/2011 - THAILAND: New drug crackdown raises concerns (IRIN News)

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