Reduced Environmental Enforcement Fueled a Vast Network of Crime in the Amazon
Date of Publication
1-1-2023 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Transnational Organized Crime
Keywords
Illegal mining, Narcogarimpos, Money laundering, Criminal organizations, Drug trafficking, Amazon, Environmental crimes, TOC
Description
Cartels took advantage of the blind eye cast by the Jair Bolsonaro government in relation to illegal mining to invest in “narcogarimpos.” The model uses illegal mining to launder drug trafficking money and encourages other environmental crimes, such as illegal logging and land grabbing.
Reduced Environmental Enforcement Fueled a Vast Network of Crime in the Amazon
Cartels took advantage of the blind eye cast by the Jair Bolsonaro government in relation to illegal mining to invest in “narcogarimpos.” The model uses illegal mining to launder drug trafficking money and encourages other environmental crimes, such as illegal logging and land grabbing.
