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Security & Strategic Review - February 2021

BOLIVIA: Surge in smuggling causes problems

Gonzalo Rodríguez, Bolivia’s deputy minister for the fight against smuggling, announced in January that an investigation had been launched into allegations of extortion made against members of the country’s armed forces, who in 2020 reportedly demanded bribes from smugglers, and in return allowed them to bring contraband into the country.

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