Laos Black Market Value: $0.102 Billion ($102 MIllion)
World Average: $20.34 Billion
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Tiger population dropped 70 percent over 12 years in SE Asia
Between 1998 and 2010, the tiger population in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma/Myanmar dropped 70 percent, from 1,200 tigers in 1998 to 350 in 2010.
Source: AFP, “Mekong tiger population at ‘crisis point’: WWF,” Yahoo News, January 26, 2010.
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- Tags: Burma/Myanmar Black Market, Cambodia Black Market, Laos Black Market, Thailand Black Market, Vietnam Black Market, Wildlife Smuggling Statistics | January 31st, 2010
Dogs illegally smuggled across South-East Asia
Up to 30,000 dogs are illegally smuggled across borders from Thailand and into Vietnam and Laos to be sold for its meat. The dogs are sold by traffickers for an average of $10 a dog, thus creating an estimated $3.6 Million market.
Source: Patrick Winn, “The Dog Meat Mafia: Corruption,” GlobalPost, November 27, 2009.
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- Tags: Laos Black Market, Thailand Black Market, Vietnam Black Market, Wildlife Smuggling Statistics | November 27th, 2009
Drug Trafficking Value in Laos
The economic value of drug trafficking in Laos is estimated to be between $350 Million to $700 Million.
The drug trafficking industry in Laos is estimated to be equal to 10 percent of the country’s GDP of $4 Billion. The US State Department offers other industries to see the size of the trafficking industry.
Drug Trafficking: $525 Million
Mining: $252 Million
Tourism: $234 Million
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- Tags: Laos Black Market | August 11th, 2009
Financial value of opium production in Southeast Asia
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released the potential value of opium production for the following countries based on farm-gate prices.
Myanmar: $123 Million.
Laos: $11.8 Million.
Thailand: $5.6 Million.
Source: UNODC, “Opium Poppy Cultivation in South East Asia,” December 2008.
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- Tags: Burma/Myanmar Black Market, Heroin, Laos Black Market, Thailand Black Market | August 1st, 2009
Price of Marijuana in Asia
Price is in US Dollars and represents the typical price of Marijuana in Asia.
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| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Afghanistan | 56 | NA |
| Australia | 6,112.8 | 20.9 |
| Bangladesh | 29.3 | 0.2 |
| China | NA | 0.8 |
| Hong Kong | 1,833.5 | 8.3 |
| India | 85 | NA |
| Indonesia | 244.9 | 0.2 |
| Japan | 16,997.2 | 51 |
| Laos | 14 | NA |
| Malaysia | 423 | NA |
| Myanmar | 130 | 0.2 |
| New Zealand | 6,071.4 | 16.5 |
| Philippines | 475 | 0.5 |
| Singapore | 2,527.7 | 22.2 |
| South Korea | 1,040 | 6.5 |
| Thailand | 217.2 | 1.4 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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Price of Methamphetamines in Asia
Prices are in US Dollars and represent the typical price of Methamphetamines in Asia.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram) |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Cambodia | NA | 1.6 (per tablet) |
| China | 6,650 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 23,987 | 56.4 |
| Indonesia | NA | 93.6 |
| Japan | 88,382 | 500 |
| Laos | 4,000 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 40,210 | 5.3 |
| Myanmar | 15,600 | 3.9 |
| Philippines | NA | 119.3 |
| Singapore | 119,760 | 166.7 |
| South Korea | 14,118 | 705.9 |
| Thailand | NA | 83.3 |
Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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- Tags: Burma/Myanmar Black Market, Cambodia Black Market, China Black Market, Indonesia Black Market, Japan Black Market, Laos Black Market, Malaysia Black Market, Methamphetamines, Philippines Black Market, Prices on the black market, Singapore Black Market, Thailand Black Market | June 26th, 2009
Price of Heroin in Asia
Prices are in US Dollars and represent the typical price of Heroin in Asia.
| Country | Wholesale Price (per kilogram) |
Retail Price (per gram) |
| Afghanistan | 2,405 | 2.4 |
| Australia | 22,303.6 | 376.8 |
| China | NA | 36.2 |
| Hong Kong | 47,526.4 | 36.2 |
| India | 6,100 | 10.9 |
| Indonesia | 93,560 | 93.6 |
| Japan | 42,000 | 255 |
| Laos | 12,000 | NA |
| Macau | NA | 50 |
| Malaysia (No.4) | 14,645 | NA |
| Myanmar | NA | 34 |
| Nepal (No.4) | 22,653 | 22.7 |
| New Zealand | NA | 1,283.6 |
| Pakistan (No.4) | 4,158.8 | 4.2 |
| Philippines | 108,794.2 | 108.8 |
| Singapore | 17,737.9 | 133 |
| Thailand | 13,029.5 | 105 |
| Vietnam | 16,000 | NA |
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Source: UNODC, “World Drug Report 2009: Section 3.4 Prices, pages 215 to 234,” June 2009.
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$1,400 Farm-Gate price of Opium in Laos
In early 2009, the price for a kilo of opium sold out of the farm in Northern Laos (a portion of the Golden Triangle) was $1,400.
Source: “Opium in the Gold Traiangle: Golden days,” The Economist, March 21, 2009.
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- Tags: Heroin, Laos Black Market, Prices on the black market | May 21st, 2009
