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Drug smugglers are making fast and agile changes to their supply chains in record time.
The exponential growth in the drug trade has reached unprecedented and dangerous levels, threatening regional law and order.
Catches of squid, in particular, one of the marine resources that have the highest market value and is a favorite staple food, fell by a large amount since 2004.
The biggest threat comes from China’s territorial claim based on its nine-dash-line, with the latest standoff involving Chinese fishing boats entering the North Natuna Sea escorted by the country’s coast guard.
Drug cartels are continuing, in fact expanding, their operations, in the midst of the pandemic by changing their modus operandi to take advantage of legitimate supply chains.
SD Reza, our Indonesia correspondent, attended the briefing by Muhammad Lutfi, Indonesian ambassador to the US.
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