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Foreign Affairs · United States · Mexican cartels run a $172m illegal-timber trade and launder it into the fentanyl supply chain
'The War on Trees' argues illegal logging is the third most lucrative transnational crime after counterfeiting and narcotics, financing cartels, terrorists and rogue regimes; CBP estimated forestry crime generated ~$157bn in annual global profits.
“Illegal logging is the most profitable natural-resource crime on the planet, funding cartels, terrorists and rogue regimes.”