Chapter 27 Unscrupulous

Green stayed in South Africa for a full month at the risk of being wanted. During this period, ship after ship of bulk cargo was transported to the South African port of Cape Town through the Suez Canal. In exchange, there was a large amount of gold.

Glencore has not previously handled gold business. As one of the most important reserve assets in the world, the gold market has always been firmly controlled by the Rothschild family. However, just like Mark Rich fought against the Seven Oil Sisters back then, Green still used the spot transaction method to start intervening in this market.

Sergey's foreign exchange business has made many cadres of the Communist Youth League a fortune, but this method of moving ants is too inefficient and far from achieving the effect that would satisfy Sergey. Now that there is gold, everything has become easier. Sergesha quickly ordered the Foreign Trade Bank to use large quantities of foreign exchange reserves to purchase Glencore's spot gold. In today's global economic environment, due to the US economic The U.S. dollar does not seem to be the best store of value, but gold is safer. Therefore, this decision of Seryozha is actually beneficial to both the Foreign Trade Bank and the Gorky Brotherhood. Seryozha must reserve more US dollar cash as soon as possible to store ammunition for the upcoming Japanese operation.

Therefore, after Green returned to Switzerland, the oil shipped to South Africa was converted into gold and shipped back to the Soviet Union one after another, and the corresponding US dollar reserves of the Foreign Trade Bank began to flow to Sergei's overseas shell companies at an accelerated rate.

Because of the sudden emergence of Valentin, Sergesha had to make arrangements for Colombia's arms business in the country. Relying on air and large-scale land transportation every time is really not worth the loss. With the intensification of the conflict between Escobar and the Colombian government, the Medellin Group needs more and more weapons orders. For this reason, Seryozha decided to let some reliable members of the Gorky Brotherhood go to the Far East in the name of the Youth Science and Technology Cultural Center of the Communist Youth League to open a trading company dedicated to exporting arms. The location is set in Vladivostok, the seat of the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy. In the future, the arms that Valentin obtained from Afghanistan only need to be safely transported to the republics in Central Asia, and then transported to Vladivostok with the help of the Siberian Railway, the main transport artery, before leaving the port. Mediterranean Trading Company will provide the necessary cover for these shipments.

Let's talk about the situation on Escobar's side. After the tragic battle in La Modelro Prison, the Colombian Ministry of Justice listed Escobar and his Medellin Group as a key illegal organization to attack, and concentrated all its efforts on dealing with the Medellin Group. Deling Group, and agreed to the extradition request of the Americans. The news reached Medellin, and the Medellin City Hall actually publicly opposed the order of the Colombian government, not only announcing that the trial by the Colombian Ministry of Justice was illegal, but also allowing Escobar to be successfully elected as a member of the Medellin City Council. Under the command of money, even the Colombian domestic media sided with the Medellin Group, and the TV repeatedly showed the downed Colombian government army gunship shooting the prisoners in the prison with machine guns before it was shot down. screen. Escobar's method is not only that, because in addition to drug dealers among the rescued prisoners, there are also militants from various left, center and right factions in Colombia. Escobar took this opportunity to contact the anti-government Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian People's Liberation Army , the former used to be the military organization of the Colombian Communist Party and the largest anti-government armed force in Colombia.

The latter is the armed force of the second largest far-left faction in the country, which is pro-Cuba.

These left-wing guerrillas have been fighting government forces and Colombian right-wing paramilitary organizations all year round, and their combat effectiveness is naturally very strong. Moreover, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has now broken away from the leadership of the Communist Party of Colombia and has become an independent armed faction. They rely on kidnapping hostages and drug smuggling to raise funds. Over the years, the power has become stronger and stronger, not only the largest number of personnel, but also the best equipment in Colombia.

Escobar can not only provide financial support for the two, but more importantly, Escobar has a complete sales channel in North America. The Medellin Group was just a gang before that, and now it has to embark on the same path of military confrontation as these guerrillas in order to survive.

When Valentin received new orders from Escobar, he realized that the existing purchase channels could no longer meet business needs. Because Escobar not only has to arm himself with a standing force of about 2,000 people, but also helps the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian People's Liberation Army to purchase arms. In addition to the regular weapons such as AK-74 assault rifle, SVD Dragunov sniper rifle, Tokarev TT-33 pistol, and RPG, there are also a small number of armed helicopters, armored vehicles, and tanks in the order.

Valentin himself couldn't take this huge order, so he pretended to be a reporter and tried every means to contact the leaders of the Soviet army stationed in the Kandahar area. First, he got close to gaining the trust of the other party by collating with the other party, and then lured the garrison leaders to resell the Soviet army's logistics and combat readiness materials. When he caught the handle of these people, he immediately revealed his KGB identity.

These leaders were frightened by Valentin on the spot. Valentin threatened that he was photographed here by the KGB to investigate and deal with corruption, and threatened to take them back to the country for interrogation by the KGB. These people immediately knelt down and begged Valentin for mercy, crying bitterly. The notoriety of the KGB made it impossible for these people to refuse any request from Valentin. Valentin first threatened these people, then lured them, and finally pretended to be helpless, and proposed that everyone should hide it from the higher-ups and make some money together in this place far away from the emperor, or report their behavior to the KGB. Under Valentin's series of countermeasures of carrots and sticks, these people finally succumbed. The local arsenal in Kandahar finally became Valentin’s private warehouse. At the beginning, there were AK-74 and RPG. The garrison leaders re-applied to their superiors for new equipment on the pretext of the high failure rate of the previous batch of guns. When these brand new weapons The day after it was airlifted thousands of miles to Kandahar, it was transported back to the mainland of the Soviet Union. Soon this batch of brand new equipment was shipped to Vladivostok as Afghan textiles for export to Colombia.