Traders of the Golden Triangle
Traders of the Golden Triangle

Author: Andrew Forbes

Publisher: Cognoscenti Books

Published: 2013-02-03

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1300701463

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During the latter half of the twentieth century the little-known and often lawless region where Laos, Burma, Thailand and China meet has become known and widely romanticised as 'The Golden Triangle'. Originally a Western designation applied to the region because of its wealth in jade, silver, rubies, lumber, rare animal products and, above all, opium, the name has stuck and is today accepted both in Chinese and in Thai.By reputation, by very definition, the area is off the beaten track. The home of drug warlords, arms dealers, insurgent armies, latter-day slave traders and plain, old-fashioned bandits, it is also the home of an extraordinarily wide range of colourful ethnic minorities, many still only partly known and understood, and a veritable Tower of Babel linguistically.36,500 words, 70 historical images, 46 contemporary images, 5 maps, Bibliography

The Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle

Author: Ko-lin Chin

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2011-02-23

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 080145719X

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The Golden Triangle region that joins Burma, Thailand, and Laos is one of the global centers of opiate and methamphetamine production. Opportunistic Chinese businessmen and leaders of various armed groups are largely responsible for the manufacture of these drugs. The region is defined by the apparently conflicting parallel strands of criminality and efforts at state building, a tension embodied by a group of individuals who are simultaneously local political leaders, drug entrepreneurs, and members of heavily armed militias.Ko-lin Chin, a Chinese American criminologist who was born and raised in Burma, conducted five hundred face-to-face interviews with poppy growers, drug dealers, drug users, armed group leaders, law-enforcement authorities, and other key informants in Burma, Thailand, and China. The Golden Triangle provides a lively portrait of a region in constant transition, a place where political development is intimately linked to the vagaries of the global market in illicit drugs.Chin explains the nature of opium growing, heroin and methamphetamine production, drug sales, and drug use. He also shows how government officials who live in these areas view themselves not as drug kingpins, but as people who are carrying the responsibility for local economic development on their shoulders.

The Haw
The Haw

Author: Andrew D. W. Forbes

Publisher: Art Media Resources

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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The Golden Triangle region where Burma, Thailand, Laos and China meet has long been a lawless region, home to wandering tribes, drug warloads, arms dealers, and plain old-fashioned bandits. Yet within this widely romanticized region one group, the Yunnanese Chinese or Haw', have established themselves as cultural mediators and merchants par excellance, penetrating the area with their armed mule caravans. For centuries past, and down to the present day, the Haw have been the unrivaled masters of the Golden Triangle. This volume is a comprehensive survey of the Haw life and customs, its past, present and future.

Herb Trader
Herb Trader

Author: Arthur R. Torsone

Publisher: Woodstock Mountain Press

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0578012928

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In 1998, U.S. agents orchestrated a mission to alter the national election in Cambodia. A pair of Green Beret twins used deception and betrayal for their own gain. A reefer smuggler from Woodstock, who became the sacrificial lamb, now tells his true story.

Opium Traders and Their Worlds-Volume One
Opium Traders and Their Worlds-Volume One

Author: M. Kienholz

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-10-13

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 0595910785

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Opium Traders and Their Worlds examines the opium trade with a detective's investigative approach. The author uses evidence to dismiss many of the false claims commonly held with regard to the so-called "legitimacy" of the Old China trade, presents proof of important figures who were deeply involved in all parts of the world and shows how world events were affected by famous men in opium hierarchies. Lateral contributors to the drug trade include shipbuilders who fashioned their craft to meet needs of the commerce, designing specially built Indiamen, clippers, and "fast crabs." Ms. Kienholz shows how vicious competition in the trade moved players like chess pieces, with winners and losers shifting positions. Her research into the production of the new "opioids" such as oxycodone is an area not previously probed.

Governing the Heroin Trade
Governing the Heroin Trade

Author: Melissa Bull

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1317125533

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Examining the historical, economic and political context for the current prohibition of particular drugs, this study investigates the problem of drug control and provides a systematic analysis of the development of the international system of regulation. It identifies the political rationalities that provided the basis of that system and positions these moral justifications for exercising power in relation to the practical programmes that put them into practice. The work not only catalogues the techniques and strategies employed in the process of governing illicit drugs, it also notes the failures, unintended consequences and other difficulties associated with getting such programmes to work. It will be of key interest to students and scholars of crime and criminology, law and society, medico-legal studies and health studies.

Market Triangulation Spiritual Investing & Trading
Market Triangulation Spiritual Investing & Trading

Author: Barry Gumm

Publisher: Create Space

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1545390878

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This book is designed for Spiritual people who don’t mind Spiritual content. Hosea 4 v 6 KJV “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge….. There is a mighty crash coming most will lose what they have, rather make it 2015 to 2017 massive expansion in your wealth. The choice is your’s. Many a christian will lament like they did in 2008 and 2009, losing their life savings don’t let it happen too You! For customers who have brought the NO:1 Market Top Secret Christian Trading and Investing and first addition of Market Triangulation you can have the second addition free for Pdf files. The charts have been made larger and minor editorial changes have been improved. This book was written with three thoughts in mind and that is declaring the truth on how the markets move and it was written for Spiritual people or people who do not mind Christian content. You are not a Christian and or you do not want to know how the markets move from a Spiritual point of view, you should buy the compact copy. The third reason is that the Secret is now out and may as well call a book by the most important discovery since W.D. Gann, and update the charts so it is easier to follow, now that it has been well and truly proven Market Triangulation and how to you use it will get you over 95% accurate to 100% accurate. In this book the author demonstrates that the Law of Vibration and Harmony is in control. Yes the imputes may be different all the time but the fact remains the markets are and must leave a mathematical trail and must comply with the mathematics of the universe. This Mathematical “trail if you will” is 100% predictable, after taking just a couple of its numbers (that any market leaves) and computing them out. Unfortunately we humans cannot get it 100% all the time. However the Author demonstrates in this book again and again that he is constantly and consistently over 95.++++% and quite often 99.0000% to 100% accurate. Yes down to the the fourth decimal point! The Author has developed a process and technology for you to be able to do this as well and all within the information contained in this one book. You can use the information contained in my book right down to Tick charts to years in advance and even more. But keeping it within our time frame usually up to 5 years in advance. The methods and principle are simple, but one had to work them out, and that is what the author has done for you. Indeed it has been almost 6 years since the method first invented how the author achieved the accuracy desired. This demonstrated accuracy is in a little in the video below made in 2012 Titled Accuracy. Which was produced when the author owned his Australian Financial Services Business. He was still learning at that time and was achieving a 98.3% accuracy as the video shows. The last two years have only improved the targeting accuracy to over 99% success rate the closer to the regular 100% target rate the slower it is it get there!

Merchants of Madness
Merchants of Madness

Author: Bertil Lintner

Publisher: Silkworm Books

Published: 2009-01-05

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1628402520

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For decades, Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle—where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Burma intersect—has been infamous for its opium and heroin production. But then, in the 1990s, the drug gangs in the Golden Triangle began to produce methamphetamine, a synthetic drug that does not depend on any unreliable crop such as the opium poppy. In Thailand the drug has become known as yaba, “madness drug” or “madness medicine.” Unlike heroin, which is a “downer,” yaba—or speed—is an “upper” that makes those who take it hyperactive and often aggressive. It has led to murders, stabbings, and the kidnapping of innocent people. It breaks down the users mentally as well as physically. It is a real “madness drug.” But who are the merchants of this madness? This book provides the answer. It is based on extensive research, spanning several decades and including a collection of first-hand accounts of the drug trade from law enforcement officers and intelligence officials alike, as well as sources close to the drug traffickers themselves. This book will lead to a better understanding of the Golden Triangle drug trade, how it all began, and how it has grown to become a multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise.