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#OperationTrojanShield

Wow! Big news!!

With this operation, #Encrochat #Sky #MPC & other encrypted networks being infiltrated, does this mean the end of #Drugs #Corruption #OrganisedCrime ?πŸ€”

Hmmm!

It's a brilliant operation BUT may have unintended consequences

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I got sucked into doing some amateur study of the economy of drug trafficking because of brilliant TV shows.

When you study the numbers, understand the geo-politics, social, criminal & financial elements behind the global industry... you realise just how powerful it really is!🎬
If you trace the industry from;
- Areas of production
- Transit routes
- End Markets

Then look at the money flows;
-Peso exchange
-Hawala networks
-Offshore
-Trade based money laundering
etc

Then the operational groups🧐

It's mind blowing in scale & influence @InSightCrime 🀯
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Bigger than #ElChapo bigger than #PabloEscobar πŸ’‰πŸ’Šβ˜ οΈπŸ’°

Big news then, I guess πŸ‘€

#TseChiLop
#SamGorSyndicate

Huge numbers! $400 billion+ pa 🌎🌍🌏
National security type influence.

Social - Political - Economic

Where does all that money go? πŸ€”πŸ”πŸ’Έ
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When illegal drug operations get this big, they cross borders, networks become huge & they need protection/assistance

According to well documented incidents, intelligence agencies sometimes oversee πŸ‘€

Political expedience
#VangPao #Laos #KhunSa #GoldenπŸ”Ί
There are loads of other well-documented episodes

The untraceable huge sums of πŸ’° from drugs come in very handy for clandestine funding of "off the books" type operations

#PlausibleDeniability

When you're fighting for national interests, can it be justified? #ColdWar ImageImageImageImage
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