Latin American cartels are trafficking growing amounts of cocaine and methamphetamines to increasingly wealthy East Asian countries, a top US anti-narcotics official said Wednesday.
Paraguayan police display part of the overall stash (inset) of 1.8 tonnes of cocaine and numerous arms from Bolivia and Peru. The drugs and arms were seized in the arrest of five people on Aug 23 in Asuncion. (EPA photo)
Falling demand in the United States is driving the criminal gangs to look for new markets, US Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Brownfield told a news conference in Manila.