Delighted that we have senator rubio here with us today to help us rule out the new report here. It is the product of the working group on transnational organized crime run by the visiting scholar. I dont think marco rubio needs a bath of introduction to this audience, but im going to give a word or two nonetheless and then hand things over and do a little housekeeping. Marco rubio is the senator from florida elected in 2010 and 2016 is a member of the committee on appropriations and the committee on Foreign Relations and has a resume much longer that im not going to keep reading but to us he has been a leader on International Affairs and somebody who increasingly a country turns to hear where we should be going on these issues and for us today i know we are very proud that hes been a leader on issues of extraordinary importance to us in maintaining support for u. S. Engagement globally. The report, you will hear more about it then youre going to hear from me at this very moment, but this is a report thats a little bit different than the things you usually see coming out of the American Enterprise institute. It is practical, its very tactical, its very focused on what we can do in the here and now and the main reason for that is frankly transnational organized crime is an issue we havent spent a great deal of time focusing on. Its at the nexus of the whole series of National Security threats to the country. It degrades our hemisphere and addresses press that otherwise wouldnt be here. Earlier this month to have been arrested on the panama canal. The report profiles the ms 13 which the Trump Administration has been going after and which is an instrument for all these disparate threats to the country to come together. So i know that they are going to spend a lot of time talking about these issues. I have a housekeeping item i have to read to you because i ii dont understand because im technologically inept. We are going to be taking questions from the audience in an Online System today. You can feel free to sit with your questions now, feel free to submit your questions now following the senators remarks. Is it a question into the code is very simple, type in your question and then it will be chosen to be read on stage. I hope it works. We can ask you to come up to the podium and then take questions from the audience. [applause] thank you for inviting me today. This is tha isnt a new crime ie United States. To transnational organized crime resides at the heart of every major threats confronting the americas today whether it is a deadly opioid crisis, catastrophic collapse or Gang Violence in the American Cities and can be traced back to networks from drugs, trafficking and extortion. The threat posed for too many years its not done enough and has led to the suffering of too many people. We begin with venezuela. Its called protesters, destroyed the nations economy is also rich in farmland. The regimes criminal networks are getting exposed. We see the government not just a dictatorship but a criminal enterprise. The Treasury Department that the sanctions against venezuela on the 13th of february this year naming him a specially designated narcotics trafficker under the kingpin act playing a narcotics trafficking. A federal court and his cousin for conspiring to ship cocaine. Officials said the former president of the assembly was the head of the drug cartel. Colombia we see growing concerns in the implementation of the agreement. Many remain unaccounted for and too many are joining groups and continue to profit on illegal war narcotics trafficking. The relationship must continue. Between fiscal year 2000 the congress appropriated more than 10 billion under plan colombia. Peace in colombia cannot come at any cost. Members have committed atrocities must be held accountable by the judicial system and colombia should extradite the members indicted in the United States and that they should face justice. In large part they come in from the jumble the explosion is another major concern. The production numbers have consistently risen during the peace negotiations increasing by more than 141 from 2012 to 2016 including a sharp rise beginning in 2015. These developments are likely to be the direct result of the 2015 physicians to end a the eradication of the plans. I believe it was a mistake in part as a concession to achieve a peace deal in colombia. Now the largest drug gang that deals with marxist terrorism and Drug Trafficking have paramilitary groups that have emerged as the renewed production. They control 70 of the cocaine productions according as an estimated 1500 fighters making it roughly one fifth the size of the mobilization military force. Mexico we found transnational organized crime is a problem. Some estimate 130,000 people have been killed thats roughly the population of Gainesville Florida nearly 60,000 died from drug related deaths and a concern mexican heroin and methamphetamine production and trafficking of fentanyl. In 2008 the congress appropriated 2. 8 billion for its efforts to combat the cartels. The fight cannot be won only with money and guns. We must also provide assistance to the mexican Law Enforcement and public officials. The report released notes fewer than 12, notes that at least 12 are accused of corruption, Money Laundering or narcotics trafficking and also notes that an astounding seven of ten crimes in mexico are not even reported. People do not trust their institutions, the local police and the prosecutors and elected officials the Mexican Government is going to struggle to win this fight which is one of the reasons why i continue to work to ensure we keep foreign assistance strong. We are not just going to the worlds poor they are going to g to programs that work with other countries to bolster Law Enforcement and of the rule of law and promotion of stability and democracy with a direct impact and they are essential. What are some of the solutions and i hope we will get into them some today that the first is to continue the funding have developed and security programs in trouble to come to Transnational Criminal Organizations in the western hemisphere. In venezuela those in power or the real problem and i hope we can build International Pressure in every possible form. In addition to ratcheting up sanctions on anyone in venezuela suppressing the people not just of the lowerlevel wheels is up for the venezuelan people in their struggle for freedom which is why as a member of the senate Appropriations Committee in asking for funding for the democracy programs in hope for transitional funds so that when they are removed there will be Funds Available from this long nightmare. In colombia we need to assure they support the implementation. We will need to work with a new colombian government to ensure the crimes committed do not go unpunished and the victims are adequately compensated and we need to encourage our allies to resume the eradication of coca plants, the threat of terror and missiles on the risis also on te cultivation of present in colombia and guatemala and mexico we hope to work with them to target that as well. Bad actors and Transnational Networks must be brought to justice by fully utilizing all of the tools to target the traffickers including the kingpin in mexico as i said earlier we continue to support against the cartels while working with our partners in the Mexican Government on improving its legal system, its Law Enforcement and respect for human rights. It will only begin to swing against the cartels when the government is there for them and has the ability to keep them safe and here at home we must confront directly the scourge of drug abuse and dependence and the demand and pressure that it predates which is a major contributor to all these problems. In conclusion let me say as i said at the beginning, receiving far too little attention our security here at home relies on the country in the region sharing our values and creating freea free, stable and democratc societies to protect people and reward citizens with opportunities for their hard work and entrepreneurship. In colombia we have seen how they combine with the courage and the dignity, hard work and sacrifice yielded that the return for the foreign assistance investment and an excellent starting point to ensure that america remains a priority in the new report today. As it makes clear in its recommendations, we have a lot of work to do but these are all things that given the proper motivation we can do and must do and i believe we will end we must do so before our neighbors and for ourselves. So i thank you for the chance to make these remarks and i look forward to answering questions and hopefully learning more about the way forward. Thank you. [applause] please go to the site and enter the code where you will be prompted. Your remarks summarized the problem. You are in the senate where i used to work at the end of the Intel Committee and member of the Appropriations Committee which makes you my new best friend as we go after these important issues. How did the microphone worked even when i had it off . [laughter] the report to be presented here makes recommendations in a couple of areas, the use of the total sanctions as a way of getting kingpins but also to identify where the assets are in freeze the assets this is extraordinarily important to those having venezuela and those that claim that the Justice Department called the biggest cocaine producer in the world because they dont have any money except a few ranches here and there whenever they carry any knapsack but there are others that possibly they have anywhere between two to 10 million. How would you react to the idea of an initiative that insisted the branch go after these things targeted as priority is to seize the assets and new legislation to give authority to repatriate the money to colombia or stolen assets to venezuela . I think it is a matter of policy directive in all of the elements to identify where they are being placed and to use our influence to gain access to the funds but rather to send them to these countries to help fund their efforts and in the meantime also make clear to the groups that the world Banking System is not at the point they will be allowed to continue. For many of the agencies that isnt going to happen unless there is a policy initiative and it is one of the strongest recommendations to turn to the productive. Re colombia, lets see one of the most important issues we are confronting in the insurgency in the Armed Conflict that hasnt pronounced its object is how can we best assist them in that process as we endeavor not just to the criminality . First and foremost the leaders are elected and responsive to the people of colombia as the partner i think it is our obligation to make them understand we are prepared to contribute to these efforts which took the nation that was on the verge of collapse almost being a failed state and brought it to the point of relative prosperity and security in a significant period of time and i think we are prepared to continue in that regard but i dont think we can allow, someone that needs to answer the people in florida and the country held their taxpayers dollars are being spent any of them can be used unfairly to benefit for example we want to make sure funds are being used for things like ensuring the victims thavictims that the syst up and compensated and [inaudible] we want to make sure there isnt a creation whereby the people that partnered to confront these groups are now being put on trial and being treated like criminals themselves and we want to make sure they dont end up in the hands of the groups we still associate and that includes leaders that wanted for those crimes as long as we are fair and frank and direct and to the point we will have an opportunity to work with the administration. In the absence of that that dollars are not producing results and it could be challenging continuing the partnership and i think to me this isnt just about preserving the relationship but two m. Sure we can justify direct and indirect. The president took some steps engaging with the regime. One of the things the administration is proud of in this operation in the government we were told by the administration in private briefings that that sort of thing would continue. How would you assess the value of that kind of cooperation and how do we ensure that its use ud for our essential National Security interests . If benefits the government not find themselves in that situation with strong allegations about what they allowed. Our goal was pretty straightforward and that is we want a nation that has the same right as people virtually everywhere in the hemisphere. Every country in the western hemisphere has at least one free and fair except for cuba and that may not be the case any longer in places like nicaragua and bolivia and venezuela but theyve had some experience over the last two decades except for cuba and we remain hopeful understanding its not going to be from one day to the next but we want to ensure american policy towards cuba is incentivizing that as opposed to providing funds for the status quo to become embedded and take even deeper roots which is the goal of the castro regime to and of the military controls the economy and has kind of a concrete ion mass to become a permanent fixture in the hemisphere thats something the Foreign Policy shouldnt be encouraging and in that realm it behooves the government even the repressive want to cooperate with everyone when it comes to Drug Trafficking the worst thing that can possibly happen is to cooperate with because i believe that it would further isolate them in the region do you think it is possible if those of us that understand what is going on in venezuela cuba is playing a role. Not just the advice in the agency apparatus for key functions are obligated for that purpose there is a direct invasion in venezuela whether its the personal protections, the passports and Documentation Office or even how the National Guard is confronting protesters in the street all these things are being directed directly participating in these acts so theres no doubt in the minds of many and there should be no doubt in the minds of the people in the hemisphere that the cuban government is the reason why it is unconstitutional. The protesters and the opposition are asking for them to follow the constitution. It calls for elections every two years and the assembly to achieve in all these things have been canceled and ignored. Fair enough, very clear. We call it a narco state and say the family is directly involved, the Vice President is involved. If that is the case, cuba is managing venezuela and the cuban government. They are well aware of how these people made their money and what they do and obviously their conscience is not heavy in terms of being cooperative in that regard. I imagine why youve probably seen the last 15 years is that they a lot of them not supporting the networks and theres a reason why they were the host for many of these negotiations and that is the relationship that they knew was a narco trafficking and they also provided support for them and silent and or protection. There are some who are skeptical of the war on drugs, the overall course of strategy and someone here asks what will you say to those who disagree with your views on that . The impact it has in this country is illegal. There is an adage if something is not illegal it cant be that bad. Without consumption, they are a parasitic entity undermining and threatening the rule of law they controlled territory for bringing them into ungoverned spaces, they undermine the security, corrupt institutions, they undermine the international communitys confidence in the countries that they are in, they have enormous security threats in many parts of the countries they directly rivaled the government in terms of ability to provide money and security or whatever they call security. All these things are major threats and if you look at the migratory pressures we face, a lot of the spaces clean. In the end is our hope is to have stable nation where people are prosperous and come to the United States because they either come here legally or they come here to invest or as tourists if that is our goal you can do that as a nation with a significant amount of its capital being spent managing or attacking these and you can do that in places in which these groups undermine the very legitimacy of the state. Another one of our friends says you called them a willing partner. Are they at risk in the Upcoming Elections . I hope not. Its not venezuela and its not cuba they will not have a Fair Election and it will be debated. We are prepared to work with whoever because it is an important relationship and so obviously that is a question that will be answered but my hope is that it remains steady and i think it is in the best interest of mexico and the United States. On one of the concerns going back to columbia. Its very difficult if you dont have Security Companies are not going to invest capital in places they feel threatened or think the rule of law doesnt apply. People are not going to visit places they think are dangerous. We had a bombing that killed three people as an example. If we are going to return to those days that is problematic and also a state cannot find Governmental Services unless it has an economy to generate the revenues necessary for those purposes so they are related before there can be Economic Growth you cant have one without the other. A related question would you say nafta has played a role in driving impoverished mexicans and into make ends meet . I think like any trade deal they have benefits and costs and that is part. If you are an american manufacturer theyve been threatening. I think it has to be viewed in the context of legitimate overall. By and large the relationship between the United States its been a general positive like any it was created before the internet exploded, before google and all these others. There was the need to do that now and its in a way that is very positive at this point but ultimately it behooves us. I think they properly modernized it as an answer. One final question. One of the things you hear they want to go in and convince someone in the drug economy to produce Something Else thats been an effort to produce the chocolate and it would be good to equate the costbenefit. That alone is not going to do it. How do you believe they affect our ability . To the extent people can violate the law and migratory status will not put them in danger of interacting i think is problematic. It will solve the problem. These are Intricate Networks that include americans on this side and thats part of the network if you look at the network of distribution, the crossborder operation but then it comes to the Southern States and those are american organized crime groups. Its called transnational for a reason these are intricate organizations that operate across the border including distributors who are the typical heroin dealers are offering some othenot from someother country o lives here on the supply throughout the region but ultimately we have a Distribution Network and they are not going to deal with that. This will give you an opportunity to get on the right side of the white house. You already are actually. [laughter] the president gets a lot of criticism and the state department this came up a while back. How do you think that hes doing so far in latin america. I guess i have to admit i am possibly surprised by how hes orienting. How would you rate that . There is a willingness to be more engaged. Its not like we are going from the era of engagement to a dramatic dropoff, i think its been largely neglected and you see that with the professionals entering the field. Theres a willingness to be more engaged in the region and understanding that regional stability is one of the most important things we can do here in the unite United States so ts a willingness to be more engaged and hopefully we can provide input on what that means. We thank you for your discussion on this issue and the serious attention that you were giving to this problem that we are confronting. Thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we dont have a lot of time, but we have a lot of knowledge. Im going to dramatically reduce your biography is. I think we would rather get the question. The defense studies at university focuses on National Security, transnational organized crime and financing. Shes taught at numerous institutions including those at the Foreign Service office in the state Department Director of the finance program is a Global Security expert on warfare producing research and investigations on topics such as extremism and influenza in the hemisphere and is also i do want to note in the u. S. Marine corps having served. A senior visiting fellow at the University Center for operations she is a National Security consultant and analyst and has been a correspondent and Investigative Reporter covering cartel and organized crime in latin america and west africa for two decades. The ambassador is a visiting fellow here and managing director which advises clients on International Business issues and also served as the secretary of state for the western hemisphere and u. S. Ambassador to the organizations of american states so thank you all and im sorry to reduce your biography is so dramatically. The important things have already said been said, frankly. We are talking about this report today because theres a lot of experience and knowledge here about the crime issue was as well as the members of the panel and we have been very focused on the sword of march of positive things, and a lot of trade agreements, of of of positive development but the pathways of criminality and all sorts of things back and forth across the border these are serious Network Threats way more complicated than taking one person off the board. They have very profound rates that want to be partners but maybe cant because your criminals with thi for this proi think a lot of people are familiar. Heres the collection of information about the threats in the region whether it is el salvador, venezuela. But the group has done is assembled on a series of threats in the region and then wrote about latino and the idea is to present a set of recommendations on what to do about it and what other tools might be needed so i think we should just get two questions. For the first round we want to give you each a couple of moments to articulate some of the challenges that have been presented in the region and i think we will start on your end since weve already talked a bit about venezuela i would like to go back to it as you sort of characterize for us with the elements are and is it fundamentally different than what is going on in other parts of the region . Youve been on the plenty end of this looking at the policy standpoint and have an appreciation so thank you very much for that question. I remember when elected the president of colombia and people would throw around the word marco stated we were doing a great disservice and its more than the regime is a continuing criminal enterprise where its very highest levels. The kingpin and members of the household are actively you have a situation where Security Officials had access to the tons of cocaine and then using the resources of the state and the person now of the state you have these ministers of government who were more preoccupied with the criminal activities than doing their own jobs and it was something where they systematically destroyed the institutions of government and the checks and balance and even through the foreignpolicy developed these instruments that would be used to want move the cocaine. That is a game changer and we are grappling that kind of target. One of the more important parts of this report, its all important but one of the more important parts of the chapter on the state of america. Its a critical phenomena for people to understand and to acknowledge the sort of connective tissue that exists between criminals and the estate in many of these countries. Can you talk to us about what that means . To give us a sense of what you are talking about in the state . We have had Drug Trafficking for so long one of the fundamental differences is now and you have a government that uses them as instruments of state and engage in an entirely separate type of reality. Its when they have the permission of the government officials involved and where the state itself and individuals benefit from the process of that it is an entirely different structure than if you have corrupt individuals buy someone a jump across the border. I think you see we have a letter this last week from the Bipartisan Group of legislators requesting information on the official known to traffic extensively and the business as he is associated with generated huge amounts of money. Itthe state doing it in those cases. You have a series of states where the government is viewing them not just individually but as a project and to understand the movement which venezuela has been the leader its not just the ongoing criminal enterprise i think it is multiple states together that share this and the advancement is legitimate so then when we start saying it is illegal and this and that, we think that they are committing a foul like we are playing basketball. Essentially they are playing an entirely different game and thats the way it is. Just the appointment of the in bid individual that nobody expected but it is a dual challenge for u. S. Law enforcement because on one end we have to look at from the ideas of countering narcotics. But we have to understand that with that strategy is counter intelligence. With a master of deception. Sova to work handinhand so why is it is forget to latin america we say no . But we dont just cooperate. And the iranians know that. So i think we have dave legal challenge so overtime the convergence has been more prevalent but how is that interpreted in the region . So often talking to people in latin america there look at it the way we do. Nobody designates hezbollah in latin america. But they died knowledge what they say what they are. We had to tackle those issues as theyre making their way north that of columbia they knew that would not be a friend of the submersible and then some point you have to have that framework with the partners where they are willing and able now we will give you a giant issue because the note you can handle it. But president drums administration is going after some of these issues to issue the executive order to call us the Strategic Review of organized crime is now like to get your sense are they maximizing the use of the tools available . I would also love to understand the issue of what they put out there because at the end of the day with all of these practical things so help us out because i know you are wise. So we will start with the good news and also expand what joseph mentioned looking at trans regional and transnational looking at at how all of these networks are related we are silos of excellence i only do counter narcotics. Oh i only do has blood or how mons but to think about how will these groups ever collaborate . That is the convergence how was that reflected with the new administration . So also to show some political will. It was the of first act in the package have been ready for quite a while so how do we take that political will to export that . So our partners throughout the hemisphere to have that photo op to be with those Central American leaders points of pedal to the metal to prosecute there motivated by one primary thing so how do take away that many . Money so with that budget peace i have run the programs in the past to use those same metrics. So what are the Lessons Learned or what is a the impact of this and certain country has with interdiction you can have a lot in place to still have a corrupt prosecutor so until you have a holistic approach it is a bigger challenge. That makes it seem overwhelming. That is one of the challenges that we have. But in terms of treasury that is the Law Enforcement peace. So as you know, i have trained many generations there is an inherent competition that we have the talent pool is fixed we are cannibalizing on our own people so how do we keep people abreast of the situation . Or to keep uptodate of the latest ways of Virtual Currency and also those innovative ways of coming in after 9 11 people want to serve but it is how you engaged those different sectors of society that was tendered 20 years ago but now it is all of us with a Publicprivate Partnership to make amends when you have this very austere budget environment or even at the fbi with amazing investigators. If you talk about a very specific problem putting cases like this if we ever want to see venezuela this has to be part of what we take gone but had to tackle this when the state itself is a problem . What are the tools that we have . So what do we acquire for those . First and foremost, a package that was sitting there for year and a half with no action taken because the administration at the time did not have a broader strategy on venezuela. But it is always the right time to do the right thing and then to launder the proceeds of that so one of those that weve mentioned and what we are recommending are those sanctions of billions of dollars and is a very important political actor so we dont want to be perceived but this is one way the United States can signal the asymmetrical tools that we have. That the speaker of the house of venezuela we will seize his assets so we may use authorities to go after these stolen assets some estimate to the 50 billion to take those repatriate those as part of the reconstruction so those sanctions passed to be in a broader diplomatic strategy. But to confront the criminality to say you are next in venezuela and also included with International Cooperation to clean up toxic waste and build the institutions to confront criminality wherever it occurs. So going after the of money which makes them valuable is a large amounts of money there isnt a clear understanding of the amount of money for those of a clearer understanding that overlap with surinam or venezuela of bin overlaps with cocaine and you talk about a complex and separate universe so the desire and willingness of those and we dont want visiting the country and focusing to resource people in treasury with the authority and they are costly overwhelmed but they simply dont have that capability if you view this as a threat so if you take the of away that is what makes it valuable. I agreed that money is instrumental but touching on this a little bit this is how you fight to the networks that is sufficiently capable enough that we will not win this fight so if youre not familiar this term it means a war that is not thought through conventional means that is how you win the war. And go up against your adversaries reactor understand what theyre doing. Do we really know who they are . Is great uncle is one of the founders of the of movement so those networks that were dealing with it is so wellestablished well funded and will train to network to build that same capability. But those structures took a lot away from us as they play with a completely different sets of rules wicking and brazil or guatemala the political will makes a difference and if you dont you can never get it again so this is the time. With that degree of momentum so to cooperate so to be involved in those efforts of those rallies so what are you picking up with that level of concern. Falling as over several decades with transeven and consumer everyone is a consumer. So it is interesting now we see this with the actual drugs so we also see this in africa with cocaine but we saw going back through june 15 and 16 there is a very big summit president of the northern triangle countries and that is driving people away for those migration patterns and tell levels of violence so for violence or lack of opportunity and those other pieces to be a gauge with that idea of an anticorruption particularly in latin america . In the third piece was so to think of the enemy is and adversaries for those that are the adversaries are the perturbations so those that are now facing best bird of Drug Trafficking and contraband and trying to get them to own that. So with those toshio economic pieces but how to encourage investment so with that model that we teach that diplomacy piece of economics and investment so how do be Better Connect . Were going to run out of time. It was mentioned earlier of the dissidents as far as the history and the connections to transnational organized crime and the question how that Peace Process of columbias touche transform itself into a political entity so how do you forestall them into coming into the political process . And know they feel there is a separate entity but the atf did they can be connected through that implementation of the Peace Process through the fork farc. Some have been in combat many years and i think if you look at the Central American model there will be groups that do not demobilize with that capability in case those massacres start again. You cannot just say that the farc dissidents are one particular thing but the group that was just a bomb aboard probably retain a much organic link to those terrorist and a half to be the ones that have the illegal mining structure as well a lot with production and this could be incredibly difficult pahari the numbers are small in relative terms thinking of brand new weapons and other places outside the camp with the new factory made the land mines and there is every indication now it is complicated that is a matter of political will. And i dont think from outside but to put what they did not turn over in the Peace Process with that Critical Infrastructure in those areas in the effort to get into the political game but how long that to us so you need to harness the resources you cannot do that without money was the argument in the dow harnessing a lot of those resources to take that political power from the long lapse after 2007. But what about the Strategic Plan . I was taken to school on this years ago. So speaking to different members of the staff never assume that the enemies are as disorganized as we are. They have been cooking the sub from the insurgency to a Political Organization over decades and one of those that help to convince that strategy and then but the trafficking to maximize the profit. But to be a coconspirator in moneylaundering and to masquerade as a social organization set to test my proposition to have 3 million then ask jose. And then youll find a network of where the farc money is. And then on the peace plan that we are disorganized as we are. That was a Success Story a tremendoutremendou s thing in a very short amount of time and i do think the farc had a plan. But london siddig is this war by other means. But to the word of transnational and what separates them in those as far as europe. And it is easy to do over estimate and always to do equally dangerous and they make a lot of mistakes. But the nicotine trafficking but this is replacing them above the cartels and to be provocative with the drug trade and then what that will look like so there are members who will that we have to hold accountable and others will create there so that the economy is still there. To be highly adaptive. But this is the first time we have had domestic consumption. So now lets take a few precedents. But one of the attendees with the west should continue to push into that strategy . That is of fair question for anybody else for specifically the question from the audience. But with no substitute for a strategy but it has to be holistic. And then we have also had cooperation. And that approach of 2. 5 million and then to go after the king pin. But what we say in the report is that it dustup with its arms around the corruption issue. And not to get traction but to not have that political will and those of that strategy and to talk about that endemic corruption and in mexico. And also on the four quarters of the country. And then to sustain this effort so we cannot walk away. Sova this process is a direct result of failure to control prescriptions with those debilitating addictions for thousands of people. But then those others ever brought from mexico. But then with the gun parts into the big believers in the Second Amendment but in the way literally with lawenforcement. So talk about the cost. So the cost of crime globally is 1. 5 and globally is 3. 5 and more importantly it is those levels of impunity they have been a victim of crime but the way the crimes are tried and that idea for the oslo try to deal with consumption and resolve of those precursors so bilaterally to have a Strong Operational relationship. So oh thats special interest aliens. If you were to believe that the with that criminal networks to get the document and with criminal activity so not to be paranoid. So to have multiple attendees and to use the of biometrics to get multiple passports from our favorite city as it comes through in enters through on a plane. Bedded is interesting to see as a provider of your thought judge your thoughts or ideology. So it was described in the report if you look at it as a path for the superhighway especially the go to europe through the middle east they have gotten really good at those commodity based systems so in that since that is a good definition of that but fundamentally they are a terrorist organization said to talk about those operatives being arrested in panama looking into the history of one of them to have connections or family connections from a few years ago but is also specifically related to the panama canal. We have the fuel on venezuela but i think is pretty easy to answer but i would be surprised. So there is a strong bipartisan consensus to say that they should be investigated some of venezuela of legislation talks about the criminality of the event that was cosponsored by marco rubio. But those who have gotten smart about this issue in the engaged without second pot. Because they know it is a crisis that is a great opportunity from the trunk administration. Any dissenting views . Bid is interesting. This is an interesting question but what role do International Banks play . If it is designed on Bank Regulations to get these issues . Does anybody else have the view on this . One of the biggest wondering centers in the world. That is the enormous problem if you have that enormous amount of money part of sure that is invisible to the outside world the reasons they can move their money on the u. S. Side we do not care very much about cutting off those businesses. And then not to have any visibility. Is out of our range. But it is potentially gone with those that are not bound so like to think youre bound by that. And then they could not hire the people from treasury for that. And then to still make a profit that requires a lot of political will. Anything else you would like to add . As a recovering investment banker. [laughter] actually when you except responsibility between eight and 7 billion with a fine in mexico it wasnt just one banker. Everybody remembers that pitcher of bernie madoff. That was is institutional so it is all about how you apply the law. And then to ask other countries to do that. So then take an ad as a writeoff. So in those areas with those players in the game of banking so of those companies and countries china rifles of world bank. But those covered done in partnership those that were looking at crip did currency. And a lot of those that understand and what they want to do with the greatness of the soviet union. And as an expert explain to me and then to a advance their interests. But to see how the others are holding in there and then to look at mexico so with that unrest causing problems for the United States. So there is no end . [laughter] that is a depressing note to end on. That actually everybody on this list and two owe them a debt of gratitude and that is the hope of the people that policy makers will make a serious look from public sources so whether it is treasury or the u. S. Government and not just for a the western hemisphere. And across of borders if those of you have children with criminality and drugs is imperative to give some thought to construct these networks. [applause] [inaudible conversations] if he simply got rid of them as a fait accompli, and said in effect teacher be damned, he could have gone right through it and president nixon said in his memoirs, if he had burned the tapes as i urged him to do, he would have survived and i think that is right. 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