Drug lord-turned-business tycoon once dubbed ‘Godfather of Heroin’ by US...
YANGON, Myanmar — A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar’s main city A source close to the family says...
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YANGON, Myanmar -- A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar's main city, a source close to the family said...
View ArticleLo Hsing Han, former Myanmar kingpin known as ‘Godfather of Heroin’
YANGON, Myanmar — A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar’s main city, a source close to the family said...
View Article>Man dubbed 'Godfather of Heroin' dies in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar's main city, a source close to the family...
View ArticleMan dubbed 'Godfather of Heroin' dies in Myanmar
AYE AYE WIN Associated Press= YANGON, Myanmar (AP) â A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar's main...
View Article'Godfather of heroin' dies in Burma
Lo Hsing Han, one of the region's most powerful drug kingpins, was put on US's financial sanctions list in 2008 Lo Hsing Han – dubbed 'the godfather of heroin' by the US – at a ceremony in the town of...
View ArticlePASSINGS: Lo Hsing Han, Joe Conley
Lo Hsing Han Ex-drug kingpin and business tycoon Lo Hsing Han, 80, a former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the U.S. government, died Saturday at his home in...
View ArticleNe Win gave 'Godfather of Heroin' open slather in Myanmar
A man dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the US government and slapped with financial sanctions for allegedly helping to prop up Myanmar's brutal military junta through illegal business dealings died...
View Article‘Godfather of Heroin’ dies in Myanmar at 80
A man dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the US government and slapped with financial sanctions for allegedly helping prop up Myanmar’s brutal former military junta through illegal business dealings...
View ArticleLo Hsing Han: Businessman and criminal known as 'The Godfather of Heroin'
Lo Hsing Han, described as the "Godfather of Heroin" by the US government and hit with financial sanctions for allegedly helping prop up Myanmar's junta through illegal business dealings died on 6...
View Article'Godfather of heroin' dead at age 80
A man dubbed the "godfather of heroin" has died at the age of 80, leaving behind a dark and powerful tale. The New York Times and AP tell it: Lo Hsing Han, who died Saturday in Burma, existed as "a...
View ArticleLo Hsing Han, ‘Godfather of Heroin,’ dies at 80
Lo Hsing Han, who was dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the U.S. government and slapped with financial sanctions for allegedly helping prop up Myanmar’s brutal former military junta through illegal...
View Article'Godfather of Heroin' dies in Myanmar
A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the US government has died in his home in Myanmar's main city, a source close to the family said. Lo Hsing Han died on...
View ArticleDrug kingpin labelled 'godfather of heroin' by U.S. government dies aged 80...
Business tycoon Lo...
View ArticleEcstasy tablets worth £120m seized in Burma
Police believe haul of 2.4m tablets is largest ever of the drug in Burma, a major producer of methamphetamine and heroin Seized narcotics set alight in Burma in June 2014. Burma is south-east Asia's...
View ArticleMeth drug makers lure children in Thailand with sweet-coated yaba pills
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View ArticleAlong Thai-Burma Border, Signs of Rising Drug Trade
Steve Sandford CHIANG MAI, THAILAND — According to a new United Nations report, seizures of illegal methamphetamine drugs around the world last year reached a new high, in response to the growing...
View ArticlePoppies, Power and Politics in Myanmar’s Kokang Conflict
VOA News NAMKHAM, MYANMAR— The fighting that broke out in early February in Kokang, a part of northeastern Myanmar’s Shan State, has displaced tens of thousands of people, many of whom have spilled...
View ArticleProfits From Illicit Drug Trade at Root of Burma’s Boom
The company that built the terminal, Asia World, was started by one of the country’s premier drug kingpins, a warlord whose militia peddled heroin extracted from the opium fields of the mountainous...
View ArticleLo Hsing Han, Wealthy Trafficker From Myanmar, Dies at 80
BANGKOK -- Lo Hsing Han, an opium and heroin trafficker who became one of Myanmar's richest men and a potent symbol of the ability of the country's drug warlords to operate with impunity, died on...
View ArticleRohingya asylum seekers escape from Thai immigration centre
Police search for 87 escapees who broke out having been held since January for illegally entering Thailand from Burma...
View ArticleProfits from illicit drug trade at root of Myanmar’s boom
Visitors flying into this buzzing tropical metropolis step into a modern glass-and-steel airport that symbolizes both Myanmar’s aspirations to rejoin the wider world after years of isolation and the...
View ArticleDavid Cameron urged to raise human rights with Burma's Thein Sein
Campaigners want the prime minister to press the former military leader on violence against Burma's Muslims...
View Article‘GODFATHER OF HEROIN’ DIES IN MYANMAR
YANGON, Myanmar A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar’s main city, a source close to the family said...
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