Traffickers: Inside The Golden Triangle

Synopsis

Follow the rise and demise of three infamous drug kingpins – known as ‘the Opium King,’ ‘The Mekong River Pirate’ and ‘The Playboy Drug Lord’ – in Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.

First Air Date: 2021-07-23

Last Air Date: 2021-08-06

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 3

Networks: HBO Asia

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Top Cast

Lawrence de Stefano as Mike Powers

Seasons

Season 1 (2021)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Opium King (2021-07-23)

As heroin devastates the streets of 1970s New York, DEA agents team with Thai authorities to bring down Khun Sa, the criminal mastermind controlling 70% of Burma’s global drug trafficking trade.
Ep. 2: The Mekong River Pirate (2021-07-30)

After thirteen sailors are executed on a ship along the Mekong River, a Chinese task force is granted special permission to lead a manhunt across the Golden Triangle for suspected kingpin and merciless water taxman Naw Kham.
Ep. 3: The Playboy Drug Lord (2021-08-06)

As a meth epidemic sweeps through the Golden Triangle, police investigate the operation’s rumored leader, Xaysana Keopimpha, but find themselves at the mercy of complex hierarchies within the syndicate.