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> there are killings related to cocaine traffic in Europe Which is a problem created by the stupid “war on drugs”. If you make it impossible for parties to acc
by Nextgrid 3y ago
> there are killings related to cocaine traffic in Europe
Which is a problem created by the stupid “war on drugs”. If you make it impossible for parties to access the legal system to resolve any disputes, you’re forcing them to resolve them via extrajudicial means.
You don’t generally hear about killings within the traffic of any other commodity such as vegetables or IT goods. In fact we don’t even call it “traffic” but just trade.
- ta988 3y agoThere are killings and exploitation for a lot of other things, gold, diamonds, rare earths, coffee, avocados you name it.
- ptek 3y agoAvocado farms in New Zealand get robbed when prices start approaching $8NZD a a avocado, :'(. I feel sorry for the farmers. We have no avocados on our farms.
- harry_ord 3y agoQuite a bit of olive oil recently as well https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-police-seize-74-tonnes-stolen-olives-amid-soaring-prices-2023-10-06/#:~:text=Some%206%2C000%20litres%20of%20extra,said%20spokesperson%20Laura%20Larrubia%20Nogales https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-police-seize-74....
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago> You don’t generally hear about killings within the traffic of any other commodity such as vegetables Of course you do, especially if you’re in Mexico where the cartels have now expanded beyond drugs. A web search for "mexican cartels avocados" might do you well. Another example is vanilla in Madagascar, where dozens of murders have occurred. Beyond local turf fights, Russian and Chinese organized crime has been involved in Madagascar’s spice and hardwood sectors for many years now.