Whether it is opium in Afghanistan, gemstones in Africa, or cocaine from the Andes, the signs keep coming in that illicit trade is the financial refuge of choice for militant groups irrespective of what the same groups claim is their political stance on such trade.
Hezbollah link to drug and money-laundering scheme
The implications are far more disturbing when all the advantages of such linkage are put to use. Here is a commentary by Douglas Farah from earlier this month, with statements by U.S. Southern Command and the DEA on this general issue.
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4 comments:
I see I have some reading to do-- this is the one I will be interested in as it has to do with Colombia--
I plan on being here mañana---
I just read the links-- very scary- Colombia seems to be on the ball~
John Walters was just in Mexico City discussing the drug cartels crossing over the border-- (October 17)
"But Walters accused countries such as Bolivia and Venezuela of failing to cooperate in the fight against drug trafficking, and said drug corruption has penetrated Venezuela's government.
"I think everybody knows that this rot is setting in on wider and wider portions of Venezuela government, and the Venezuelan government shows no sign it's responding. It's going to get worse," he said.
He said Bolivia's cocaine production is not hurting the United States – where little Bolivian cocaine is shipped – but is contributing to drug problems in Brazil, Argentina, Europe and other places.
Venezuela and Bolivia both insist they can combat drug trafficking without U.S. help. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez recently called Walters "stupid" for saying cocaine smuggling through Venezuela had quadrupled in four years.
Latest on this, again via Douglas Farah:
Hezbollah Latin America ties.
Kenneth Rijock at WorldCheck has his own information / advice to bankers on this issue:
WorldCheck item
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