<description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An embassy. A vengeful informant. &lt;strong&gt;A loaded pistol&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And is it ever a good idea to send your family undercover?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the early 1990s, Thailand was the crossroads of the global drug trade. It was where power, corruption, and survival intersected. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Northern Thailand included what became known as the Golden Triangle, the lawless borderland where Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos meet. This region was one of the world’s largest producers of heroin, feeding Western and Asian markets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Opium poppies grew in territory controlled not by governments, but by warlords, militias, and ethnic armies. Narco Warriors expert guest Phil Matthews who worked in Bangkok, reveals how the risks weren’t just out in the opium fields, and why the region remains at the centre of a deadly trade that never really ended.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are the Narco Warriors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New episodes every Monday.&lt;br&gt;Join the fight: &lt;a href="http://narcowarriors.com"&gt;NarcoWarriors.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Host: &lt;strong&gt;Lindsay Charlton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Insider: &lt;strong&gt;Phil Matthews&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>

Narco Warriors: Secrets From The Global Drug War

5: The Informant Who Came To Shoot Me

5: The Informant Who Came To Shoot Me

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