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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1971
Page
9
An Associated Press investigation outlines a global drug pipeline from Himalayan poppies to Saigon streets. The Chinese Mafia feeds the trade, with corruption touching military and civilian routes across Southeast Asia, Laos, Thailand, and Indochina as heroin reaches American servicemen.
A World War II era style probe traces a century old opium network in Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand, detailing how heroin from the Golden Triangle reaches U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. Officials warn the system resists disruption as trade becomes a livelihood and risks following GIs home, with estimates of seizures and a ready to expand market.
Extensive networks span Burma Laos Thailand and Vietnam with Meo families cultivating opium poppies and Chinese traders paying high prices. Tap Vinh a major Chu Chow narcotics financier is alleged to direct shipments through Tachilek Mae Sai Ban Houei Sai to processing plants and on to Vietnam. Authorities report armed clashes over seized drugs and a widening reach via road sea and air routes ending in Saigon Nhatrang and Bangkok with political tolerance shaping the trade.
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