11.   The heroin trade that ends on the streets of Europe and the United States often begins here in the Afghan countryside, with luckless tenant farmers like Abdul Hakim.

12.   And it relies on the good will of tribal chieftains and militia warlords, many of whom themselves have long profited from the heroin trade.

13.   Important cooperation has come from authorities in Hong Kong, another linchpin of the heroin trade.

14.   Nguon Nonn had criticized Co-Premier Hun Sen for not doing more to stem the heroin trade.

15.   One pachyderm was introduced as a veteran of the heroin trade in Thailand.

16.   Singapore seemed to argue that it was a business deal like any other, never mind that Lo has long been a key player in the heroin trade.

17.   The Cali cartel dominates the world cocaine market and controls a growing share of the heroin trade.

18.   The heroin trade is a major source.

19.   The second asked Unocal to investigate allegations that its Burmese partner is laundering money from the heroin trade.

20.   The tough measure is part of regional effort to choke off the heroin trade, but experts fear flow will only increase as Taliban control of Afghanistan collapses.