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Colombia’s organised crime landscape in a post-FARC era
Posted By Cesar Alvarez on November 23, 2015 @ 11:00
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/16728924996_0309d48402_z.jpg
[2] I discussed: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/save-the-date-peacetime-for-colombia-seems-to-have-finally-come/
[3] Norte del Valle cartel: http://www.insightcrime.org/colombia-organized-crime-news/norte-del-valle-cartel-profile
[4] Colombia’s number one national security threat: http://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/news/regional/03/17/organised-crime-is-biggest-security-and-humanitarian-threat-to-colombia-un/
[5] active: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/27/us-colombia-rebels-idUSKCN0SL00B20151027
[6] The government expects FARC becomes a political party: http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/obvio-sin-armas-y-dentro-de-democracia-farc-constituyan-articulo-586843
[7] FARCRIM: http://colombiareports.com/rise-of-farcrim-groups-in-colombia-very-likely-conflict-expert/
[8] FARC derives from drug trafficking have doubled since 2011: http://www.noticiasrcn.com/nacional-pais/ejercito-ingresos-las-farc-narcotrafico-se-duplicaron-los-ultimos-cuatro-anos
[9] agreed: http://www.avancesacuerdos.gov.co/web/descargables/comunicado_conjunto_nro3.pdf
[10] UNODC’s 2015 illicit coca cultivation monitoring survey: https://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Colombia/Colombia_Monitoreo_de_Cultivos_de_Coca_2014_web.pdf
[11] warned: http://colombiareports.com/farc-biggest-drug-cartel/
[12] FARC commanders are selling-off some of their drug laboratories and other assets to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-12671625
[13] Forbes Magazine: http://www.forbes.com/pictures/gkll45fk/3-farc-annual-turnover-6/
[14] said: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/uk-colombia-rebels-police-idUKBRE93L18Y20130422
[15] said: http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/farc-earns-24-to-35-billion-drugs
[16] US$4 billion dollar business: http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/economia/narcotrafico-y-mineria-ilegal-mueven-30-billones-anuale-articulo-524855
[17] President Juan Manuel Santos declared war against illegal mining: http://wp.presidencia.gov.co/Noticias/2015/Julio/Paginas/20150730_02-Gobierno-declara-objetivo-prioritario-de-alto-valor-la-mineria-criminal.aspx
[18] revealed: http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/las-cuentas-farc/70582-3
[19] the estimated US$1 billion per year earned from extortion in Colombia: http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/extortion-rate-colombia-billion
[20] US$5 million cattle rustling business: http://contextoganadero.com/economia/mas-de-15-mil-millones-perdieron-los-ganaderos-por-abigeato-en-2014
[21] Colombia’s US$14 billion organised crime industry: http://colombiareports.com/drug-trafficking-illegal-mining-worth-total-30-billion-peso-yearly/
[22] over 3% of Colombia’s Gross Domestic P: http://www.dinero.com/actualidad/noticias/articulo/el-lavado-dinero-colombia-supera-del-pib/155926/