Illegal Colombian miners pull in $2.5 billion a year
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
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Eclipsing even the most profitable bank-heist in history, illegal mines in Colombia are churning out $2.5 billion in profit a year.
by increased human trafficking and fierce control of mines, this means we can now consider illegal mining to be the new cocaine of Colombia.
Source: Equities.com