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  <title>S5E9 Techumanpurpose • Human Dimension- Combo Lock 4 – The Bads, Crime, Security, Violence , War and Order</title>
  <description>&amp;amp;nbsp; Notes Questions or comments to&amp;amp;nbsp;techumanpurpose@gmail.com Anthropology and economics: Undeceptions by John Dickson https://undeceptions.com/podcast/the-anthropologists/ Amnesty International – gun violence https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/arms-control/gun-violence Pew Research&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/05/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-us/#:~:text=On%20a%20per%20capita%20basis,16.3%20per%20100%2C000%20in%201974. Statistics Canada.&amp;amp;nbsp;Table 35-10-0059-01&amp;amp;nbsp; Police services expenditures, by detailed expenditures (x 1,000) DOI:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://doi.org/10.25318/3510005901-eng National Geographic ancient copper fraud  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ea-nasir-copper-merchant-ur BBC news – Kobe Steel. http://ww.bbc.com/news/business-41607008 The Economist Scam Inc. (article and podcast both behind paywall)  https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/02/06/the-vast-and-sophisticated-global-enterprise-that-is-scam-inc &amp;amp;nbsp; https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/scam-inc Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04nx1vnw17o Jerrod Brown, Jeffrey Long-McGie, Judge Anthony Wartnik, Pamela Oberoi, Janina Wresh, Erv Weinkauf, Gennae Falconer, &amp;amp;amp; Alyse Kerr Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the Criminal Justice System: A Review. JOURNAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 6 Lautensach, A., &amp;amp;amp; Lautensach, S. (Eds.)&amp;amp;nbsp; 2020 Human Security in World Affairs: Problems and Opportunities (2nd edition) chapter 13. Transnational Crime John Wilson  &amp;amp;nbsp; The US econ in 2025 is est. to be about&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; 30.3 trillion $ The Chinese Econ &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; 19.5 trillion Germany &amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp; 5 Trillion The 2017 Global Financial Integrity report suggested that just for transnational crime  https://gfintegrity.org/report/transnational-crime-and-the-developing-world/ &amp;amp;nbsp;     Transnational Crime   Estimated Annual Value (US$)       Counterfeiting   $923 billion to $1.13 trillion     Drug Trafficking   $426 billion to $652 billion     Illegal Logging   $52 billion to $157 billion     Human Trafficking   $150.2 billion     Illegal Mining   $12 billion to $48 billion     IUU Fishing   $15.5 billion to $36.4 billion     Illegal Wildlife Trade   $5 billion to $23 billion     Crude Oil Theft   $5.2 billion to $11.9 billion     Small Arms &amp;amp;amp; Light Weapons Trafficking   $1.7 billion to $3.5 billion     Organ Trafficking   $840 million to $1.7 billion     Total   $1.6 trillion to $2.2 trillion     &amp;amp;nbsp; That was 2017.  &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Now there was one missing from that list. Bloomberg reported in 2024 that cyber crime alone was probably worth 9.5 Trillion making it the 3rd largest economy on the planet.    https://sponsored.bloomberg.com/quicksight/check-point/the-worlds-third-largest-economy-has-bad-intentions-and-its-only-getting-bigger  Facebook and scam ads - Andrew Forrest   https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/1068185/us-judge-orders-meta-to-explain-230-000-scam-ads-using-andrew-forrest-s-image-1068185.html  &amp;amp;nbsp; Recommendations Podcast – Ask N T Wright Anything &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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