Income from gold mining has overtaken drug trafficking in some provinces for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to a new report from political risk firm Exclusive Analysis. In some cases, the rebel groups and a new generation of drug gangs, known locally as "Bacrims," are carrying out their own gold mining operations, and in others, they are collecting protection money for equipment owned by mining companies, Amanda Russo, the intelligence company's head of corporate communications, elaborates in an email from London.
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