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The Time Sean Went to Burma to Find A Billion Dollar Meth Lab

2023/4/4
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Sean Williams: 本集讲述了我在缅甸丛林深处追查价值十亿美元的甲基苯丙胺实验室的经历。我深入叛军控制区,与黑帮成员接触,经历了危险和艰辛,最终虽然没有找到目标实验室,但对这个庞大的毒品产业有了深入的了解。这个产业的规模巨大,利润丰厚,远远超过人们的想象。它不仅摧毁了无数人的生活,也深刻地影响着缅甸的政治和经济。在调查过程中,我经历了各种危险和挑战,包括与叛军和黑帮成员的接触,以及团队成员的背叛。我假扮成各种身份,例如澳大利亚毒贩和基督教传教士,以躲避当局的检查。我目睹了这个地区混乱和无序的现实,也看到了当地人民在毒品泛滥下的痛苦。 Danny Golds: Sean Williams的缅甸之行充满了惊险和刺激,他深入缅甸丛林,调查全球最大的毒品帝国之一,揭露了这个地区毒品贸易的黑暗现实。他的经历不仅展现了记者的勇气和毅力,也让我们对缅甸的政治、经济和社会状况有了更深入的了解。Sean Williams的报道不仅具有新闻价值,也具有很高的文学价值,他的故事充满了悬念和张力,读来令人惊心动魄。

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Sean Williams recounts the reasons behind his journey into the Burmese jungle to investigate a billion-dollar meth lab, highlighting the unique and dangerous nature of the region's drug trade.

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The biggest drug cartel in the world isn't Mexican, or Colombian. It's Asian. Buried deep in the Burmese jungle are networks of cutting edge meth labs, guarded by rebels and run by kingpins so powerful they make El Chapo look like a corner boy. In 2019, Underworld cohost Sean Williams went looking for one of the billion dollar meth labs spending months on the Mekong, in lawless casinos and hunting a drug industry bigger than any other on earth...and now he's a dad!

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