Black market abalone traded for meth ingredients in South Africa

The Chinese mafia has come to South Africa to supply meth ingredients in exchange for rare abalone meat.

The enormous value of the delicacy has brought the Chinese Triad gangs to South Africa. In a cash-free transaction, the Triads swap the abalone for the ingredients to make methamphetamine, or 'tik'. Hundreds of tonnes of abalone is smuggled out of the Cape every year, to be exported through Hong Kong, according to Wildlife Department officials who say that the local abalone is on the brink of extinction.

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[#1 posted by anangbhai , September 24, 2007 12:55 PM]

CHAIRMAN KAGA LIVES!
daikon radish ftw!

[#2 posted by Tian , September 24, 2007 1:15 PM]

It is nice to see someone has finally responded to this Chinese organized crime recruiting ad:

http://www.tian.cc/2005/05/chinese-criminal-organization.html

[#3 posted by justin(pusha) , September 24, 2007 1:58 PM]

Sounds Like a fair TRade! haha

[#4 posted by rusty-armour , September 24, 2007 10:27 PM]

Drat! And I was certain this stuff wasn't meth!
Wait...But they weren't Chinese...

[#5 posted by Robert , September 25, 2007 5:51 AM]

Well, that could be a good thing. With all those divers hopped up on meth, they won't be able to find the remaining abalone?