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Seems like we're hearing a lot about this lately, it must have gotten real bad if there's suddenly all this movement to crack down on it.

Maybe some governments are sponsoring these activities near the border of a political rival. Like they did during the golden triangle era...

Article is from the 20th so you're probably hearing about the same specific action

There were related articles on the kidnapping / hostage like experience of some expats a few months back iirc

Probably the Belarusian woman who ended up kidnapped, murdered, and dismembered in Myanmar.