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The World Drug Report
World Drug Report is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Afghanistan is the largest producer of opium constituting 84% of global production.
- The main opiate trafficking flows originate from three key production areas: Afghanistan, Myanmar-Laos and Mexico-Colombia-Guatemala.
- In terms of heroin seizure (1.3 tonnes), India was at the 12th position in the world.
- Trafficking of drugs to India are mainly through 3 routes.
- The Golden Triangle [the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet] to Bangladesh, crossing India.
The Golden crescent the area spreading from Afghanistan,Iran and Pakistan crossing Indian border.
The maritime trafficking routes from Myanmar along the Andaman Sea, which cross Indian territorial waters.
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