3. FARC – Annual Turnover $600 Million
FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), is an underground Marxist and anti-imperialist activist group and a key player in the bloody struggle that’s ravaged Columbia for more than 50 years.
Region: Colombia.
Main funding sources: drug production and drug trafficking, kidnapping and ransom, mining of minerals (especially gold), fees and taxes.
Purpose: elimination of the capitalist regime and the establishment of a Marxist-socialist welfare
Photo: The Commander of the FARC-EP leftist guerrillas Ivan Marquez reads a statement at the peace talks with the Colombian government, on August 22, 2014. / AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE
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