Large-scale illegal wildlife shops in Laos found scamming Chinese tourists

Mongabay
Jul 22, 2025, 4:00 am338 pts
LUANG PRABANG, Laos — “No coffee, no coffee,” repeated the security guard. His smile stood in stark contrast to his faded camouflage fatigues and the machine gun slung over his shoulder. Few cafés in the sleepy Laotian tourist town of Luang Prabang boast armed guards, but Kin Liao Coffee is not the…

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