Sucks, but the so-called “second world” is witnessing what sees as brisk business, deals with anyone from Canada to Taliban Afghanistan.
However I do not sugarcoat the fact that some countries are now handing themselves from one falling hegemony with another, one that allows greater reckless capitalism but devalues individual personal freedoms.
And of course, there’s surely a cutout or a shell company belonging to some hostile intelligence apparatus waving millions to buy that data, so that eventually they get to know whom to target for stealing information by hacking whatever they have, or start a blackmail operation.
No doubt!