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Organized crime affects politics and the economy, and terrorist groups also benefit from it. A lot of money is made through illegal deals. Can the global criminal network be destroyed? Corruption and drug trafficking are no longer just a local problem. International criminal groups are cooperating with terrorist organizations and some politicians, spreading violence and mercilessly threatening people's lives. They are helped by a complex infrastructure that is difficult to control. Drug trafficking is a global criminal enterprise that is contested by gangs. Drugs are smuggled into Europe from Latin America, money from illegal activities is laundered in different countries, and murder can be organized in one country and carried out in another. The consequences of clandestine activity can be felt everywhere: murders, explosions, targeted attacks - they affect not only members of criminal groups, but also their families, witnesses, journalists and other innocent victims. According to the records of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Europol, every country in the world now has its own criminal groups and cartels. Even the authorities are infiltrated and there are corrupt ministers. According to World Bank calculations, organized crime spends half of its annual turnover of hundreds of billions of dollars on bribing politicians around the world. Refugees are also a lucrative business for organized crime: people smuggling brings criminal groups around $150 billion a year. Terrorist groups are increasingly close to organized crime groups. #Documentary #DocumentaryDW #DW #OrganizedCrime #Terrorism ــــ DW Call for Dialogue: https://p.dw.com/p/OYIo More documentaries are available on our websites in English: http://www.dw.com/ar/tv/docfilm/s-3610 / dwdocumentary / dw.stories