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Wrt to the drugs, even if the gangs switch to something else for their income, surely it won’t be nearly as profitable as the drug trade? Still seems like you c
by sgillen 6y ago
Wrt to the drugs, even if the gangs switch to something else for their income, surely it won’t be nearly as profitable as the drug trade? Still seems like you could deal a serious blow, especially against the cartels.
- tathougies 6y agohttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/first-drugs-then-oil-now-mexican-cartels-turn-human-trafficking-n1195551 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/first-drugs-then-oil-now... It doesn't seem that way at all. They will just mutate. There's lots of illegal stuff to sell, that cannot reasonably be legalized.
- thatcat 6y agoIt definitely seems that way to me. $150B estimated market FTA is much smaller than the $400B estimated for drugs. Humans are much more difficult to traffic than drugs so there would be much higher operating costs and risks due to the fact that it is not a victimless crime. https://www.worldometers.info/drugs/ https://www.worldometers.info/drugs/
- tathougies 6y agoUm, okay, but there's lots more other than humans to sell. You can sell endangered animals. You can sell stolen oil (yes, gangs steal fuel too). You can sell all kinds of illegal things that we simply cannot outlaw.
- thatcat 6y agoThose are all easier to face problems with even smaller markets and worse logistics. Do they have an underground refinery they take it to with 100 ft. tall fractional distillation towers, etc? Most things that people want are legal because most people want them - law is defined by community standards. There aren't many things besides drugs. They would have to start smuggling medicine or other things that people actually want to replace recreational drugs.