From Burkina Faso, Niger or the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Cañada Real in Madrid or the Three Thousand Homes in Seville. This is the long and incredible journey that many of the weapons that are seized by law enforcement agents make. State Security Forces and Bodies. How do these assault rifles arrive in Spain? The Mocro Maffia drug traffickers take advantage of the drug routes to camouflage these items that have already been used in war conflicts in Africa, as criminologist and weapons expert Fernando Peinado explains to Vozpópuli.
The paradigm of the illegal arms market has changed. Years ago the rifles came from the old Cold war since trips could be made with some security, thanks to the Schengen area. The recent Ukrainian War It also led to potential business for customers. The National Police and the Civil Guard established devices and seized pieces that had been used in this conflict.
However, the problem with these games is that the weapons have already become obsolete and have limitations. “There is a democratic and modern world and another that we do not know,” Fernando Peinado explains to Vozpópuli. Currently, the objects that are seized are manufactured in Africa, South America and China. “Criminal organizations use Spain because it is the shortest distance to other destinations,” he adds. It is not the only destination since they are also using the ports of Portugal.
Mocro Maffia officials
The Sahel area has an important black market movement where you can buy all kinds of necessities such as weapons, drugs and medicines. The sellers are in areas such as Burkina Faso, Niger or the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Weapons manufacturers: Russia, China and the United States. They are the main distributors of the war conflicts that exist today and many of them are in Africa.
Thus, criminal organizations that work in the area take advantage of its routes to introduce, among the diamonds, marijuana or cocaine, different rifles or pistols. “They sell it to them as if they need protection from the other gangs to avoid the famous ‘overturns’ and that it is little money and they cannot be traced,” explains Fernando Peinado. A good part of the control of the marijuana that reaches Europe is held by the members of the different Mocro Mafia. “It’s the perfect business,” he adds.
“When they get into a drug boat 200 kilos with bales of drugs It is not difficult to also introduce a ‘box’ with 10 more kilos also with chargers. And if they see it in very bad condition, they throw it into the sea and the economic loss is minimal for them,” says the weapons expert. Another of the ‘accesses’ to bring the rifles to Spain are the containers in the ports. This shows their great ‘muscle’ the Mocro Maffia since they have in their ‘staff’ officials under a salary or with threats.
The price of weapons in Spain
Nor should we think that behind all these actions there are “large mafia organizations” like those that acted in the past. They are small groups of interest, defines Fernando Peinado. This criminologist details that African warlords receive a number of 100 euros per weapon“a lot of money for them”, and then the mafias move it for 200 euros and they arrive at their destination with an amount that ranges between 600 and 1,000 euros. These are the amounts that the clans of Spain pay to carry these rifles that they use to defend their homes.
One of the big questions that arise is the role of the bands in this entire process. Many of its members who are minors have access to these weapons. How do they get into your hands? In a simpler way than you might expect. One of the businesses of Trinitarians and the Dominican Don’t Play It’s drug trafficking. Thanks to this, they have contacts with drug addicts who regularly go to Cañada Real.
The Provincial Information Brigade, which brings together the most experienced agents in gangs, has learned that they use these drug addicts to bring them weapons acquired in Cañada Real. The entire illegal arms market business is a complement to that of narcotic substances or diamonds from Africa. A ‘dressing’ that distributors look for that leaves great lethal power in the wrong hands.
Source: www.vozpopuli.com
