Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s largest opium producer: UNODC

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Dec 22, 2023
Myanmar has become the world’s largest source of opium, with poppy cultivation increasing for the third consecutive year. Farming methods have become more lucrative, producing greater yield and enticing more small-scale farmers to enter the illicit trade. CNA's May Wong with more.

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