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income generated from crime far exceeds what is made through legal
economic activity.
“In societies where large sums are made by illegal means,
you have criminal groups with clean public images who would want
to establish organisations to protect their interests,” he
said.
Muhammed believes that the drug trade and other criminal economic
activity is providing more funding for the construction boom and
other public and private investments than the legal lending institutions.
However, it would not be noticed because “it is all laundered,”
he said.
He reiterated that the illegal drug trade is larger than the national
Budget, and suggested that a substantial part of the Budget might
also be sourced from laundered savings of secret druglords.
“How many of those buildings built, salaries paid, and institutions
are established with drug money?” he asked.
He added: “We have to ask, who is influencing so many police
and soldiers to carry out criminal activity, and to rent and sell
their uniforms for others to commit crime?”
Muhammed is believed to be one of a small group of activists being
kept under careful scrutiny by the Ministry of National Security.
TnT Mirror was also told that government is keeping its eyes on
other members of the Nation of Islam and the recently formed Black
Caucus.
Muhammed revealed why he felt anyone involved in the newly-formed
Black Caucus could be a target.
“The question is, who would be displeased with what I doing
and saying?” he asked rhetorically.
“The only people who are going to be worried with the content
I deliver are those who profit off the drug trade or those who profit
off the fact that many people spend their money on alcohol, cigarettes
and gambling, and that we are the largest consumer group.”
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