The Chinese heroin trade : cross-border drug trafficking in Southeast Asia and beyond

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Título:

Autor personal:

Chin, Ko-lin, author.

Autor añadido:

Zhang, Sheldon, author.

PUBDATE:

2015

GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:

New York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]

Descripción física:

xv, 303 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781479895403

Síntesis:

"In a country long associated with the trade in opiates, the Chinese government has for decades applied extreme measures to curtail the spread of illicit drugs, only to find that the problem has worsened"--Jacket.

Contenido:

The Chinese connection -- The drug market in Burma -- Wholesale heroin trafficking -- Low-level heroin trafficking : ants-moving-house -- The social organization of entrepreneurial traffickers -- The retail heroin market in China -- Women in the heroin trade -- Drug treatment with a Chinese characteristic -- Combating drug trafficking -- Conclusion.

Término de la materia:

Heroin industry -- China.

Heroin industry -- Southeast Asia.

Drug traffic -- China.

Drug traffic -- Southeast Asia.

Drug control -- China.

LANGUAGE:

Inglés

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