The film by National Geographic explaining the illicit trade of products around the world was very eye opening. I had no idea that this even existed in the world, nor how vast the epidemic spanned. It kind of made me feel bad for when I used to live in New York City and once bought goods off street corner vendors. Now I wonder what my money went to support. Perhaps terrorism or weapons of mass destruction; who knows?
It is beyond amazing to comprehend how the network of criminals work the world as their pawn to help move their end motives. The micro level of utilizing very poor people, to the people towards the upper echelon of cleaning the money shows just how organized the trafficking is. The film was really put together well and I want to recommend it to everyone I know.
The best part of the film on illicit trading was how the criminals clean the money. What an amazing idea it was to use cash to build real estate projects and then flip them for the clean money. It makes you wonder what other ways they use to clean the money. The saddest thought about secret illicit trading is the lives lost in the process. Whether it is the folks used to hock the products on the street, or the family struggling to make end meet who buy fake prescription drugs and end up dying due to complications. This epidemic, in my opinion will never cease. Instead we have to put out the fires, ie. Acts of terrorism, as they arise.
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