New paramilitary groups and related drug trafficking gangs that have continued operating after the AUC demobilization process are referred to as BACRIM (bandas criminales) or criminal gangs by the Colombian government [REF].
Until 2011 Colombia remained the world's largest cocaine producer,[REF] and since 2003 Human Rights Watch stated that, according to their Colombian intelligence sources, "40 percent of the country's total cocaine exports" were controlled by these paramilitaries [REF].