Hong Kong Heroin Networks Expand Across Region
Western narcotics experts report about 20 secret laboratories hidden in farms and mansions around Hong Kong producing heroin for the American market. The Chinese Connection grows as pressure hits the French Connection, with Burma and the Golden Triangle serving as opium sources. Authorities note high mobility of traffickers, limited prosecutions of financiers, and incentives for informants as seizures rise but progress remains slow.
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