To: Coop
Understand, their annual budget is between $150-200 million a year. While I have little doubt that this is going to leave them hurting for cash in the long-term, major hits like this force the network to raise or move greater quantities of cash that is easier for law enforcement to detect.
The shift from drugs also reflects the success of US anti-terrorism efforts in disrupting their financing. Now that Taylor is out of power in Liberia, they can't use his country as a base to get diamonds out of anymore.
To: Angelus Errare
You're exactly right. And not only do we force the change in money movement, but we also have captured ten of their folks. While they're probably not top-level folks, their incarceration has to be causing some serious heartburn for their higher-ups.
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01/02/2004 10:58:00 AM PST by
Coop
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