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An exposé of Southeast Asia's criminal underworld in the 21st century and its surprising links to the West.
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<p><b>Essential to understanding Southeast Asia in the 21st century, <i>Hello, Shadowlands</i> reveals a booming underworld of organised crime across a region in flux— a $100 billion trade that deals in narcotics, animals and people —and the staggering human toll that is being steadily ignored by the West.</b></p><p>From Myanmar’s anarchic hills to the swamplands of Vietnam, jihadis are being pitted against brothel workers, pet thieves against vigilantes and meth barons against Christian vice squads. </p><p><i>Hello, Shadowlands</i> takes a deep plunge into crime rings both large and small. It also examines how China’s rise and America’s decline is creating new opportunities for transnational syndicates to thrive.</p><p>Focussing on human stories on both sides of this crime wave, the acclaimed Bangkok-based broadcaster and journalist Patrick Winn intimately profiles the men and women of the region who are forced to make agonizing choices in the absence of law.</p>
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