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The Rise and Fall of Golden Triangle Dope: From a Jailed Kingpin to a Casino Shootout

2024/4/16
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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播音员：本故事讲述了缅甸毒枭洛兴汉试图通过向美国出售5吨吗啡来结束缅甸内战的故事，以及他最终被捕和定罪的过程。这起事件对全球禁毒战争产生了深远的影响。 Sean Williams和Danny Gold：两位主持人对洛兴汉的生平、罪行以及他与橄榄杨、昆沙等其他毒枭的关系进行了深入探讨。他们分析了缅甸复杂的政治局势以及毒品贸易对该国的影响。他们还讨论了美国中央情报局在缅甸鸦片贸易中的作用，以及洛兴汉的亚洲世界公司如何成为缅甸最大的公司之一。 Sean Williams：Sean Williams详细描述了橄榄杨的生平和罪行，以及她如何从公主变成鸦片军阀。他还讲述了美国中央情报局在缅甸鸦片贸易中的作用，以及科干地区复杂的政治局势。 Danny Gold：Danny Gold补充了关于缅甸政治和鸦片贸易的背景信息，并对洛兴汉的行动和动机进行了分析。他还讨论了中国文化大革命对鸦片贸易的影响，以及缅甸政府与鸦片贩子之间的复杂关系。

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Lo Hsing Han, known as the godfather of heroin, maneuvered a convoy of mules through Burma's Shan State, aiming to transform morphine into heroin and address chaos between Burma's factions. He attempted a bold deal with the U.S., dispatching a British filmmaker to propose selling morphine to combat the heroin epidemic.

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Lo Hsing Han was a Burmese narco so powerful that Richard Nixon called him a Godfather. But the Kokang king tried one too many shady deals, sending the Golden Triangle’s heroin industry on a helter-skelter path toward a bloody, 2023 shootout with Chinese cops—at a lawless casino town on the edge of nowhere.

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