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On the recordApril 21, 2015
These countries of the Northern Triangle are vulnerable to organized crime primarily because their States are just so anemic that they are not able in some cases to exert effective control over their territory, which is obviously a boon for crime syndicates.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the systemic issues contributing to organized crime in the Northern Triangle.

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