Hello, Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia Audiobook (Free)

Necessary to understanding Southeast Asia in the 21st century, Hello, Shadowlands reveals a booming underworld of organised crime across a region in flux? a $100 billion trade that offers in narcotics, pets and people ?as well as the staggering human toll that is being steadily ignored by the West. From Myanmar’s anarchic hills towards the swamplands of Vietnam, jihadis are becoming pitted against brothel workers, family pet thieves against vigilantes and meth barons against Christian vice squads. Hello, Shadowlands requires a deep plunge into crime rings both large and small. It also examines how China’s rise and America’s decrease is creating fresh possibilities for transnational syndicates to thrive. Focusing on individual tales on both edges of this criminal offense wave, the acclaimed Bangkok-based broadcaster and journalist Patrick Winn intimately profiles the men and women of the spot who are forced to create agonizing options in the absence of law.

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