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The Death of Lo Hsing Han: Burma’s Heroin Godfather

Prior to his death, Lo Hsing Han was one of Myanmar’s premier business personalities, with wealth so vast that it is difficult to estimate its true extent. Lo Hsing Han’s Asia World conglomerate’s business transactions often surpassed those of the actual economy of Myanmar itself. The problem with Lo Hsing Han’s wealth, and his rise […]

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Heroin: The Lifeblood of Tajikistan’s Economy

Less than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, former Soviet republic Tajikistan can best be classified as an economic catastrophe: Tajikistan is dependent on remittances from Tajiks living abroad and this is equivalent to roughly 45% of GDP. Further, poverty is extremely widespread, with half of the country’s population of eight million […]

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