The “clean” money can finance political campaigns for those willing to focus attention on minor drug dealers and away from the real corporate giants of drugs. This has an added benefit in the United States, where prisons are becoming privatised and can provide a source of virtually unpaid labor.
Although the United States comprises 5% of the entire human population, its prison system holds 25% of total world prisoners. With nearly 2 million inmates, the U.S. “Big House” can become Big Business.
Ms Austin Fitts points out that in the United States, there is now more investment in privatised prisons than there is in low-income housing. With “laundered” money, it is now possible for Drug Barons to control their customers from first usage to end result. Perhaps, they may have already invested in undertaking.
One excerpt from “Narco-Dollars for Beginners” may give an example of the “benefits of drug money.
“It helps to look at the drug markets by looking at a map of the United States.
“What are the four states with the largest market share in illegal narcotics trafficking? Draw a map if you want and shade them in on your map.
Although the United States comprises 5% of the entire human population, its prison system holds 25% of total world prisoners. With nearly 2 million inmates, the U.S. “Big House” can become Big Business.
Ms Austin Fitts points out that in the United States, there is now more investment in privatised prisons than there is in low-income housing. With “laundered” money, it is now possible for Drug Barons to control their customers from first usage to end result. Perhaps, they may have already invested in undertaking.
One excerpt from “Narco-Dollars for Beginners” may give an example of the “benefits of drug money.
“It helps to look at the drug markets by looking at a map of the United States.
“What are the four states with the largest market share in illegal narcotics trafficking? Draw a map if you want and shade them in on your map.