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International Drug Conference,(Burm
- Subject: International Drug Conference,(Burm
- From: cd@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 14:33:00
Subject: re: International Drug Conference,(Burmra) Anaheim, CA.
re VOA Report on International Drug Conference,(Burmra) Anaheim, CA.
- NETWORKING IN TO THE 21ST CENTURY".
Burma is about Drugs and Dope, and money that makes Pepsi look like what
it is, soda pop. Good for propoganda, and boycott, but the real story in
Burma is Dope. No wonder, everybody wants Khun Sa, and his list of names.
As long as the Dope trade prospers, so will Slorc, and that?s why Pepsi
will get out, not because of its love for human rights. The story is
Dope. The Hollywood Thriller. Asian Drug gangs. Lots of killing anything
in its way. And washing the drug money through the booming new Burma
Trade. And read this VOA story, its also about INTERNET, its theme being
"NETWORKING IN TO THE 21ST CENTURY".
Did anybody cover this conference. I surely wish I had known in advance
of it, and that I had been there. It must have been very informative
about Burma. Dawn Star, Parisn UVI.net
Headline: ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME CONFERENCE: BURMA
Keywords: The Golden Triangle, Burma, Yunnan Province, Black Corridor,
China, Heroin, Opium
Date: 4 30 1996
Source: ALAN SILVERMAN, VOA
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME AND ITS SPREAD AROUND THE
WORLD IS
THE FOCUS OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT SYMPOSIUM THIS WEEK IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. MORE THAN A THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS, OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS
FROM 30 COUNTRIES ARE IN ANAHEIM FOR THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL ASIAN
ORGANIZED CRIME
CONFERENCE.
THE TRIADS ... YAKUZA ... GUANXI: THESE FORMIDABLE AND
FEARED CRIME ORGANIZATIONS ARE SPREADING THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
FROM THEIR ASIAN HOME BASES TO CITY STREETS FROM URBAN AMERICA TO
OUTBACK AUSTRALIA, PORTS OF EUROPE TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN
JUNGLES. PORTLAND, OREGON POLICE OFFICER PRESTON WONG SEES A
DEFINITE CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUTH GANGS IN HIS PACIFIC NORTHWEST
CITY AND ASIAN CRIME BOSSES.
I THINK A LOT OF OUR STREET GANGSTERS EVOLVE. THEY QUICKLY MOVE FROM
STREET-LEVEL TYPE ACTIVITY TO ORGANIZED CRIME-TYPE ACTIVITIES. WHEN YOU
DO THAT, I
THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU BECOME LINKED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OR THE
NATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATES.
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA POLICE CHIEF CHUCK BROBECK SAYS INVESTIGATORS KNOW
THAT MOST IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT INVOLVED IN CRIME; BUT HE ADMITS IT IS
HARD TO OVERCOME MISTRUST OF AUTHORITY- ESPECIALLY POLICE - THAT IS
WIDESPREAD IN MANY EMIGRE COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ASIAN ROOTS:
« WE HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING TRUST AND CREDIBILITY WITH THE MAINSTREAM
ASIANS TO HAVE THEM WORK WITH US COOPERATIVELY .. AS A PARTNER .. TO DEAL
WITH THE
ORGANIZED NATURE OF THEIR CRIME. THAT IS PART OF WHAT
THIS CONFERENCE IS ABOUT; WE HOPE TO GAIN SOME NEW
INFORMATION AND STRATEGY ON HOW WE CAN BREAK INTO THAT
PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH US, BUT WE NEED A
LARGER PART OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY WITH US TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUE. »
THE EXPERTS AGREE THAT HEROIN TRAFFICKING CONTINUES TO BE THE
MAJOR SOURCE OF INCOME FOR ASIA-BASED CRIME ORGANIZATIONS, AND
MUCH OF IT IS NOW SMUGGLED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD ALONG THE
SO-CALLED "BLACK CORRIDOR" THROUGH SOUTHERN CHINA.
BEIJING, WHICH HAD CLAIMED TO HAVE ERADICATED DRUG ABUSE, FACES
RISING DOMESTIC ADDICTION, ACCORDING TO OPERATIONS CHIEF DOUG
WANKEL OF THE U S DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION:
«CHINA IS DEVELOPING AN INTERNAL DRUG PROBLEM THAT HAS
COME ABOUT, AT LEAST IN PART, AS A RESULT OF HEROIN
MOVING ACROSS YUNNAN PROVINCE OUT OF BURMA AND MAKING
ITS WAY INTO THE WORLD MARKET. A LOT OF HEROIN
TRAFFICKING THROUGH CHINA HAS LED INTO A "SPILL-OVER"
INTO THE LOCAL POPULACE AS A HEROIN USE AND ABUSE
PROBLEM. I THINK THAT, IN PART, IS ONE REASON WE ARE
SEEING THE CHINESE BE A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARENA; WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED
EFFORTS AND COOPERATION IN THAT REGARD. »
DRUGLORDS HAVE NOT DISAPPEARED FROM THAILAND, BUT ROYAL THAI
POLICE MAJOR-GENERAL AMARIN NAMSKUN SAYS THE CRIMINALS WHO BUILT
THE FABLED "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" HEROIN SOURCE ARE DIVERSIFYING INTO
A NEW RANGE OF CRIMES:
IN FACT, NOW THE "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" IS JUST A TOURIST
SPOT. IT IS NOT THE CENTER FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING ANY
MORE. THE "WHITE COLLAR" CRIMES WILL BE MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN YESTERDAY'S CRIMES LIKE DRUG TRAFFICKING
OR COUNTERFEITING MONEY ALONG THE BORDER. NOW WE ARE
FACING A LOT OF IMMIGRANT SMUGGLING, CREDIT CARD FRAUD
AS WELL GUN SMUGGLING.
THEY CAN DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEIR MAIN PURPOSE IS TO GAIN MONEY.
ECONOMIC
GAIN IS THEIR PURPOSE AND THEY WILL DO ANYTHING THAT WILL GIVE THEM A
CHANCE. SO WE ARE HERE TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING ANY CHANCES.
THE EXPERTS DISAGREE OVER WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR [1997] WHEN
HONG KONG REVERTS FROM BRITISH COLONIAL STATUS TO CHINESE
AUTHORITY. ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE COMMISSIONER HUI KI-ON SCOFFS
AT PREDICTIONS OF A CRIMINAL "EXODUS;" HE LISTS FAMILY TIES, LACK
OF EDUCATION AND, MOST ESPECIALLY, ECONOMICS AS FACTORS THAT WILL
KEEP THE TRIAD BOSSES IN HONG KONG:
« THE TRIADS AND ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS WILL GO ANYWHERE
THERE IS EASY MONEY TO BE MADE. THE CLOSE TIES BETWEEN
HONG KONG AND SOUTHERN CHINA, THE COMMON LANGUAGE, THE
CLOSE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AS WELL AS THE BOOMING
ECONOMIES MAKE THAT AREA EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE TO THE
CRIMINALS. »
JIN YOUNG-CHUL OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER IN
SEOUL IS AT THE ANAHEIM CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE WAYS TO KEEP OUT
THE CRIME SYNDICATES ATTRACTED BY SOUTH KOREA'S BUSTLING ECONOMY:
«THE ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME -- SUCH AS THE RUSSIAN MAFIA,
HONG KONG AND CHINESE TRIADS AND THE JAPANESE YAKUZA --
WILL INVADE OUR COUNTRY IN CONNECTION WITH KOREA'S
ECONOMIC GAINS. SO WE MUST CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF
A LINK .. CONNECTION ..BETWEEN OTHER COUNTRIES ORGANIZED
CRIME AND OUR KOREAN GANGS. »
"NETWORKING IN TO THE 21ST CENTURY" IS THE THEME OF THIS 18TH
INTERNATIONAL ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME CONFERENCE, WHICH FEATURES
DISPLAYS OF THE LATEST HIGH TECHNOLOGY -- FROM THE INTERNET TO
SOPHISTICATED SURVEILLANCE DEVICES AND PINPOINT-ACCURATE WEAPONS
SYSTEMS. BUT THE OFFICIALS WARN THAT THE CRIMINALS HAVE ACCESS
TO THE SAME TECHNOLOGY AND OFTEN GET IT BEFORE BUDGET-STRAPPED
POLICE FORCES.
THE LAW OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD STRESS THAT COOPERATION AT ALL
LEVELS -- FROM THE STREETS TO NATIONAL CAPITALS -- IS NECESSARY TO STOP
THE NOTORIOUS SYNDICATES.