Posted on 06/18/2004 4:19:40 PM PDT by Balkanalysis
Dear FR list members:
Here is a link to today's article, which starts from the recent news that the Colombian mafia has infiltrated the Balkans to mention several telling examples of how the globalizing mafia cooperates with terrorists, weapons dealers, etc, in the Balkans and beyond- and the powerlessness of even the all-powerful US to stop it. The article begins thus:
"...As if organized crime wasn’t already pervasive enough in the Balkans, we now have the news that Colombian drug lords have established a beachhead in the region for their exports to Eastern European mafias.
Channel News Asia today quoted executive director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa, who said that “…we have found settlements of Colombians in the Balkans, in Albania, in particular, for penetration through the Balkans into Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Russia.”
According to Costa, the “worrisome” thing about this phenomenon is that it reflects a major shift: the Colombians once used Spain as their point of import to Western Europe, but the new shift to the Balkans “…should be taken as an important signal that the market itself is changing.”
Best, Balkanalysis.com
...If coca was legal and licensed to sell by producers, terrorist funding from illegal drugs would sllloowly evaporate...
Thanks Bill Clinton !
Thanks for the post!
Ah, the Albanian mafia-KLA connection.
It's high time to let the Serb army back into Kosovo!!!!
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