Thai drugs crackdown highlights postal deliveries and manipulated mules
From the article: "...Experts say that Thailand in particular has become a chamber of commerce for organized crime as drugs bosses try to cash in on the boom in legally-grown cannabis. Dr James Windle, a criminologist, told Metro that there will often be a grooming process coupled with a hint of revenge if the potential mule tries to back out. None the less, the vast majority of south east Asia’s drug exports still rely on maritime routes dominated by narcotics from the Golden Triangle centered on Myanmar. Illegal dispatch by air can’t cope with the international demand. Although arrested couriers invariably claim innocence and say their luggage was fixed by third parties, the punishments tend to be very harsh unless the case tried in UK...."
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