![]() ![]() ![]() The organizations have become so powerful that the U.S. The criminal organizations, which bring in roughly $300 billion a year from illegal activity, have been known to use private jets to shuttle contraband, lighting them on fire afterward to cover their tracks, a senior military official told NBC News. One group, the Brazil-based Red Command, is now believed to be trafficking gold as well as guns in Madre de Dios, the section of Peru that encompasses La Pampa. military and government officials told NBC News that these criminal organizations originating in countries that include not only Peru but Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil have more people, hold more territory and possess about five times as much money as the collective militaries in the region. “The security presence in these areas is so minimal, it’s really hard to have a measurable impact on the extent of the criminal activity.” ambassador to Peru, said of the criminal networks involved in the illegal mining. “They are very sophisticated in their operations,” Lisa Kenna, the U.S. The miners are now moving into parts of the rainforest far away from the military bases in La Pampa. At the same time, the price of gold soared to record highs, ramping up the stakes for the international criminal syndicates that use gold to launder money from drugs and other illicit activities. The pandemic crippled Peru’s economy and forced the authorities to focus elsewhere.
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