Next, heroin
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More Colombian farmers are beginning to grow poppies for the purpose of heroin production and export. Heroin is a much more profitable drug than cocaine, which was the country's primary drug export in the 1980's. Heroin is highly addictive and a more compact drug. News of druglord Pablo Escobar is included.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Heroin substitute: smuggling Chinese
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Bringing Chinese dissidents illegally to the US has become a lucrative business for smugglers. The immigrants agree to pay at least $25,000 each for the journey and work at low wage jobs to pay the debt. Because of political conditions, they are rarely returned to China.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Chinese yearning to work free
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The shipping of Chinese immigrants to the US is a lucrative business in China, and US authorities have been able to apprehend only a small portion of the illegal immigrants. Most immigrants seek not political asylum but a better quality of living.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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