How cocaine is driving deforestation in the Amazon
Description
Criminal groups that once focused primarily on the cocaine trade are now diversifying into illegal gold mining, logging, and the wildlife trade - activities that are devastating the environment.
The Amazon’s tri-border region (where Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet) has become a hotbed for trafficking. The neighboring cities of Leticia and Tabatinga lie at its center, caught in a violent turf war between Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations: the Red Command and the PCC. Both are vying for control of the Amazon’s highly profitable illicit markets.
Speaker: Gabriel Funari, Amazon Basin Coordinator at GI-TOC
Host: Thin Lei Win, Investigative Journalist and Podcast Host
👉 Learn more: ocindex.net
📖 Read the report: globalinitiative.net/analysis/illicit-frontiers-criminal-governance-in-the-amazons-tri-border-region
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