You couldn't get much more central in Jakarta if you tried, it's basically right smack dab in the central business area.

Jeremy Douglas

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Before, cooperation at the operation level has been pretty ad hoc but now we hope it will be more organized, systematic, and efficient, we have to be on top of the situation. That means good intelligence and good information are necessary.

The challenge posed by Sam Gor is massive...they traffick drugs out using multiple borders at any one time. They are laundering money through various businesses across the Mekong.

Wildlife and timber trafficking is also an emergency, extinction... by Jeremy Douglas

Wildlife and timber trafficking is also an emergency, extinction is on the horizon.

The Asia-Pacific meth market is now the biggest in the world, of all the organized crime types, meth trafficking is the most dangerous and the most profitable. It underpins the growing power of these transnational crime groups.

There has been a proliferation of casinos, something that is rarely talked about and deserves attention.

It's highly likely that traffickers have just shifted approach. by Jeremy Douglas

It's highly likely that traffickers have just shifted approach.

We know from meeting and interviewing prisoners, including female prisoners, in Thailand, that the impact is profoundly negative for families.

That's bigger than the economies of some Southeast Asian countries, it's like having an undeclared sovereign state in your midst with no borders and lots of money.

Production remains at high levels, and displaced farmers without alternatives may return to growing poppy.

Given the scale of the challenge ... she has a big task in front of her. It's not something that's going to be fixed in a day.

Migrant smugglers operate in highly flexible networks and quickly adapt to changing circumstances, such as redirecting routes in response to increased border controls, in addition, the production and use of fraudulent documents are widespread.