Katarina Szulc

And there's so much impunity around incorruption.

So many people, the right people, are paid off.

The right people, whether that's politicians, National Guard, police, are profiting off of this trade.

And so...

the way to crack down on this is so murky because it's not, you know, you don't have this fentanyl pill that's going to kill someone and that's a controlled substance.

It's oil.

And it's something that everybody needs.

And if the way to get this oil is by going into these undetected regions where it's just a small town and law enforcement knows what's going on,

it's very easy to access for them.

Exactly.

If push comes to shove and they really have to rely on something that isn't drugs, they could certainly move all of their operations to oil.

Because money.

It's more profitable for them.

Yes.

I don't know.

It's very hard to say, and it depends where and how they want to distribute their resources.

If they want to fully focus on that, they could make it their number one earner.

Which is why I thought it was interesting when these three CG&G members were sanctioned for importing this stolen crude oil, none of the U.S.

refineries faced any sanctions or legal action.

And of course, investigators certainly knew or know which refineries and companies were buying this stolen oil.