Golden Triangle
Southeast Asian narcotics zone
Golden Triangle refers to several distinct geographic areas.
The original designates a region where Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet—historically one of the world's largest opium-producing areas.
Other Golden Triangles include the Pittsburgh area where three rivers converge, a wealthy region of northern Mississippi, and various commercial districts worldwide.
The name suggests prosperity or strategic importance at a three-way intersection.
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- Mekong RiverLong Southeast Asian waterway
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- Chiang MaiNorthern Thai cultural capital
- drug lordCriminal trafficking organization leader
border town · corruption · enforcement · cross-border trade · Beaumont · ethnic minorities · money laundering · Jefferson County · Thai culture · Burma · underworld · kingpin · drugs · contraband · cash crop · smuggling route · Bangkok · poppy fields
- LaosVientiane, sticky rice, Mekong River, landlocked, almsgiving
- Denver AreaDenver, Capitol Hill, Highland, Washington Park, Sunnyside
- Chiang Rai
- Drug Tradecartels, drug lords, trafficking routes, transit zones, Colombia
- Mekong RegionVientiane, Phnom Penh, Mekong Delta, Laos, Cambodia
- Norwich AreasEaton, Thorpe, Riverside
Golden TriangleSinaloa
Mexican state, Pacific coast
Medellín · Colombia · Afghanistan · Mexico · Cali
Golden TriangleUnited States
North American federal republic
Western Europe · demand side · drug enforcement · DEA · rehabilitation centers
Golden TriangleSilicon Valley
Bay Area tech corridor
Wall Street · Singapore · Switzerland · rule of law · First World