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The Dark Side of the Golden Triangle
Fronts Staff4 August 2025

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- The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has become a lawless epicenter where transnational syndicates exploit weak sovereignty to run industrial-scale drug, fraud, and trafficking operations.
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Behind the bright lights and casinos of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone lies a darker reality of forced labor, human trafficking, and cyber-scam…
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