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Who is financing Myanmar's civil war?

We explore how cash flows in this war-torn country are defining its political future.

We鈥檙e in Myanmar, a country that鈥檚 been ravaged by intense fighting for decades. But especially so since a military coup overthrew the elected government in 2021.

We鈥檙e asking who and what is paying for each side鈥檚 war effort, and the military hardware, in what鈥檚 becoming an increasingly high-tech war.

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Presented and produced by Ed Butler

(Picture: 3D printers are used to make parts of assault rifles produced in a clandestine weapon factory in Myanmar. Credit: Getty Images)

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