Drug and prostitution to boost GDP and growth

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by Christophe » 31/01/18, 20:51

sen-no-sen wrote:Colombia must have a lot of GDP! : Mrgreen:


In Narcos, which we both talked about here: media / breaking-bad-the-series head-to-work-in-October-sur-arte-t9997-40.html # p333336 they say that the Escobar Empire at its peak made more turnover than GM ... like 60 Million per month in the 80s ... : Shock:
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by sen-no-sen » 31/01/18, 20:56

Christophe wrote:For arms trafficking, no need: France remains one of the top 5 arms sellers in the world, no need to take traffic into account!


Yes but it is not arms trafficking strictly speaking, since it is done in a perfectly legal manner, and then it is to develop democracy in the world let us not forget! : Lol:

To whom does France sell its arms? The Defense Economic Observatory ultimately makes a fairly counter-intuitive diagnosis. The Near and Middle East represent only 16,5% of 2016 exports. The region is surpassed by the EU (23%), Asia (22%) and even Africa (21%), the latter even showing the greatest contribution to export growth. On the import side, 72,5% of the equipment imported in 2016 came from Europe (40% from the EU) and 16,6% from America.

https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/defense/la-france-championne-des-ventes-d-armes_473623

According to Amnesty International we are in the top 3 of arms sellers in the world, behind China and the USA (small countries so ...)
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by sen-no-sen » 31/01/18, 21:02

Christophe wrote:
sen-no-sen wrote:Colombia must have a lot of GDP! : Mrgreen:


In Narcos, which we both talked about here: media / breaking-bad-the-series head-to-work-in-October-sur-arte-t9997-40.html # p333336 they say that the Escobar Empire at its peak made more turnover than GM ... like 60 Million per month in the 80s ... : Shock:


$ 60 million a day, not a month! : Shock:

The "king of cocaine" was the son of a modest Colombian farmer. By the age of 35, he had become one of the richest men in the world. Despite his more modest origins, Pablo Escobar became the head of the famous Medellin Cartel, which exported almost 80% of the cocaine produced worldwide.

Also nicknamed "El Patron", he paid himself a weekly salary of around 420 million dollars, making him one of the richest drug lords the Earth has ever known. During the 80s, his wealth was estimated at some 30 billion dollars.

https://www.tuxboard.com/pablo-escobar-chiffres-roi-de-la-cocaine/
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by Christophe » 31/01/18, 21:18

Ah shit I was wrong : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen:

I didn't know that GM was selling that much! : Cheesy: : Cheesy: : Cheesy:
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by Christophe » 31/01/18, 21:20

sen-no-sen wrote:Yes but it is not arms trafficking strictly speaking, since it is done in a perfectly legal manner, and then it is to develop democracy in the world let us not forget! : Lol:


In France I think that the traffic in weapons remains very anecdotal in comparison with the traffic in narcotics ... We are not in the ex-USSR in the years post 1991 ...
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by sen-no-sen » 31/01/18, 21:23

Christophe wrote:
sen-no-sen wrote:Yes but it is not arms trafficking strictly speaking, since it is done in a perfectly legal manner, and then it is to develop democracy in the world let us not forget! : Lol:


In France I think that the traffic in weapons remains very anecdotal in comparison with the traffic in narcotics ... We are not in the ex-USSR in the years post 1991 ...


Indeed, it is peanuts, a few million euros at most.
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Re: Drug and prostitution to boost GDP and growth




by Janic » 01/02/18, 10:36

https://www.lsa-conso.fr/alcool-un-rayo ... ros,217584

Alcohol, a department that exceeds 12 billion euros
THE EDITORIAL |
BEVERAGE, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, DOSSIER
PUBLISH THE 03 / 09 / 2015
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DOSSIER Alcoholic beverages and wines are heavy goods departments in stores. This is why wine fairs (see next article), beers and whiskeys are on the increase. They are also shelves which attract new customers. Here, department by department, the hits and flops by market segment.


compare with:

Drugs, a 2,3 billion euro market in France - La Tribune
https://www.latribune.fr ›Economy› France
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Nov 3, 2016 - Of the five types of drugs selected by the National Institute for Advanced Studies in Security and Justice (INHESJ), cannabis represents almost half of this market (48%) followed by cocaine ( 38%). In absolute value and according to the most probable estimate, the turnover generated by ...


Clearly, the sale of this legal drug, alcohol in all its forms, is 6 times more important (and deadly) than illegal drugs.
Plus all drugs with powerful destructive effects on humans, including psychotropic drugs
https://infordrogues.be/informations/pr ... timulants/
Illegal drugs therefore have only a minor impact at present.
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by Christophe » 01/02/18, 12:44

Alcohol and tobacco are two legal drugs ... we've known this for a while!
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by Janic » 01/02/18, 13:21

Alcohol and tobacco are two legal drugs ... we've known this for a while!
and many others! It was just to emphasize that highlighting an illegal drug as the worst thing even when the worst are used daily by a large part of the population. It is the tree that hides the forest!
the simplest and most effective solution is not to consume it yourself... "and the fight ceased for lack of combatants!" and too bad for GDP and growth! 8)
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