UNITED WA STATE ARMY

"the individuals who own and control the banks are linked to the United Wa State Army (UWSA), an organization involved in narcotics trafficking, and designated as significant narcotics traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act"; "believed to be controlled by drug traffickers, and believed to be used by the UWSA and possibly other organized crime groups to conduct illegal transactions"

"The Secretary has information that Mayflower Bank is owned and controlled by convicted narcotics traffickers, is essentially controlled by the UWSA, and has been used to facilitate money laundering"; "The Financial Times reports that the UWSA, one of the world's largest organizations of armed drug traffickers, has taken over the Mayflower Bank in Rangoon"; "A Thailand article from 2002 indicates that the UWSA bought shares in the Mayflower Bank and has been providing assistance to it, describing the Bank as part of the UWSA Business Empire"

(also UWSP, UWSA, UNITED WA STATE ARMY)

(also UWSP, UNITED WA STATE PARTY, UWSA)

"the Secretary has information that specific financial institutions within Burma are essentially controlled by and used to facilitate money laundering for organized drug trafficking organizations such as the United Wa State Army and members of the Kokang ethnic group"; "The United States as designated the United Wa State Army as significant narcotics traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (the “Kingpin Act”)"