Forget drug trafficking. That's peanuts and far more risky that the other alternatives they have. They could easily fund themselves with the information they a

Forget drug trafficking. That's peanuts and far more risky that the other alternatives they have. They could easily fund themselves with the information they are gathering by just maintaining a large investment fund that trades on any investments vehicles that are unlikely to result in insider trading finger pointing, such as commodities and currency. Equity and debt markets would be hard to work with at scale and not get caught, but commodities and currency leave more than enough room to accumulate a sizeable operating budget if your information is very good. Were I an institutional investor, I'd be very concerned about participating in the markets given this possibility.