Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)

The Golden Triangle is a region of about 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi)[1] in northeastern Myanmar, northwestern Thailand and northern Laos.[2][3] An American came up with this name in 1971.[1][4][5] Thailand has turned (part of) this region into a tourist attraction since the 2000s.[6]

This place was mentioned in the news in China in October 2011, because 13 Chinese cargo ship crew members were killed by drug lords there.[7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lintner, Bertil (November 28, 2022). "Guide to Investigating Organized Crime in the Golden Triangle". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  2. ↑ Sen, S. (1991). "Heroin Trafficking in the Golden Triangle". Police Journal. 64 (3): 241. doi:10.1177/0032258X9106400310. S2CID 149244027. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Golden Triangle". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud (2010). Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy. Harvard University Press. pp. xii, 23. ISBN 978-0-674-05134-8.
  5. ↑ Staff Report on Drug Abuse in the Military. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1971. pp. iii.
  6. ↑ Fuller, Thomas (2007-09-11). "The drug-running is gone, but the tourists still flock". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  7. ↑ Armstrong, Paul (2013-03-01). "China executes drug gang over Mekong river massacre". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  8. ↑ "中国13名船员在泰国境内惨遭劫杀". China.com (in Chinese). 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Laos extradites suspect to China in Mekong massacre case". Chicago Tribune. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
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