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Robert Muggah, the founder of the Paramilitary groups and drug Brazilian policy institute Igarapé, trafficking networks – violent wrote that “Crime is among the top, organizations that present an even if not the top issue confronting the more immediate threat to the protection of a standing forest in communities and countries in which the Amazon.” 1 Though the Amazon they operate – have increasing. [...] This report explores the following questions: What is the scale of environmental crimes in the Amazon, and what are the impacts on local communities? How is dirty money derived from environmental crimes in the Amazon basin channeled through the U. [...] to deforestation from 1985 to 2019.15 In the past two decades alone, Per the UNODC in 2023, “virtually all” Peru lost 3.86 million hectares to of the deforestation in the Amazon deforestation, including a loss of basin is illegal.16 Illegal mining and 2.47 million hectares of rainforest.14 forestry crimes are key drivers of Meanwhile, Colombia lost 3 million deforestation in the part of the hectar. [...] According to the UNODC, there has been an “explosion” of illicit deforestation in the Amazon, which it attributes to the high supply of cheap forest land in the region and limited controls on the purchase of this land.47 Illegal logging and timber trafficking are important components of forestry crimes. [...] Per FATF, when it comes to financial secrecy, “The overall intent is a deliberate effort to create as many layers as possible between the commission of the environmental crime and the account holder where the funds are placed following the sale of the illegal good.” 107 Shell companies are the perfect mechanism to create complex networks to obscure both the actors and origins of the money involved.