"Don't text or call me" - Part 2: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel
Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime
English - March 28, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBNews Commentary News Government Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
At the end of part 1, Otoniel we left him in sole charge of Clan del Golfo, the biggest organized crime group in Colombia.
In part 2 "Don't text or call me", we look through the eyes of a man who goes by the alias "Messi", who was involved in cocaine trafficking and money laundering for Clan del Golfo. We'll see how he used real-estate, cars, watches, front companies and government contracts to clean the drug money...as well through football, music and livestock!
And finally we'll delve into the murky world of illegal gold mining and the way Clan del Golfo use violence, intimidation and even assassination to get extortion payments from the workers.
Speakers:
Daniel Rico, Researcher at Ideas for Peace Foundation and Director of C-Analysis in Colombia and member of GI Network
Luis Fernando Trejos Rosero, Profesor investigador del Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
Jorge Mantilla, the Director of Conflict Dynamics and Organized Violence, Ideas for Peace Foundation and a member of the GI network
Toby Muse, Foreign Correspondent, documentary filmmaker and author of the book Kilo: Life and Death inside the secret world of the cocaine cartels.
Marcena Hunter, Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Ana Paula Oliveira, Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime & Global Assassinations Monitor.
Related Links:
(Paper) Cocaine Pipeline to Europe
(Paper) Transnational Tentacles
Toronto Star - Death, extortion stalk workers at Canadian mine in Colombia
Miami Herald - Dirty gold is the new cocaine in Colombia — and it’s just as bloody
At the end of part 1, Otoniel we left him in sole charge of Clan del Golfo, the biggest organized crime group in Colombia.
In part 2 "Don't text or call me", we look through the eyes of a man who goes by the alias "Messi", who was involved in cocaine trafficking and money laundering for Clan del Golfo. We'll see how he used real-estate, cars, watches, front companies and government contracts to clean the drug money...as well through football, music and livestock!
And finally we'll delve into the murky world of illegal gold mining and the way Clan del Golfo use violence, intimidation and even assassination to get extortion payments from the workers.
Speakers:
Daniel Rico, Researcher at Ideas for Peace Foundation and Director of C-Analysis in Colombia and member of GI Network
Luis Fernando Trejos Rosero, Profesor investigador del Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
Jorge Mantilla, the Director of Conflict Dynamics and Organized Violence, Ideas for Peace Foundation and a member of the GI network
Toby Muse, Foreign Correspondent, documentary filmmaker and author of the book Kilo: Life and Death inside the secret world of the cocaine cartels.
Marcena Hunter, Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Ana Paula Oliveira, Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime & Global Assassinations Monitor.
Related Links:
(Paper) Cocaine Pipeline to Europe
(Paper) Transnational Tentacles
Toronto Star - Death, extortion stalk workers at Canadian mine in Colombia
Miami Herald - Dirty gold is the new cocaine in Colombia — and it’s just as bloody
Toby Muse - Kilo: Life and Death inside the secret world of the cocaine cartels
Insight Crime - Dairo Antonio Usuga "Otoniel" Profile
El Tiempo - La historia secreta de ‘Messi’, el capo de los $ 4 billones
Colombia Reports - Urabeños shut down Gran Colombia Gold operations after killing mining leader
Insight Crime - Colombia Drug Trafficking Money Laundered Through Modified Gold
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