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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.