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UN body flags threat from rising use of heroin in South-east Asia
Published Mon, Dec 8, 2014 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
OPIUM cultivation is again on the rise in South-east Asia, even as trafficking and consumption of heroin, an opium-derived drug, is a growing problem in countries including Singapore.
A report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said that, because of the closer economic integration of the region, trans-national organised crime syndicates have been able to step up their activities.
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