Definitely, there are profits. Gold is one. The territorial control over Darfur by the RSF would enable other forms of profit.
There is some understanding that international actors—the U.A.E. among them—own, operate or lease very large areas of agricultural land in and around Darfur. The retention of that land speaks to the insecurity of some of the wealthier, smaller Arab and other states with regard to feeding themselves. What they want is access to very large areas of agricultural and other economically valuable land.
Corridors of movement can be taxed. They can be captured and held as choke points. There's a very large economic aspect to this. At the same time, there are international tools, very specific ones, designed specifically for such blood workings fuelling armed conflict that can be used. Some of them originated here in Canada.
Canada should be very good at pushing very hard on some of these international constructions that can stop the flow of, say, gold, and that can divert attention and choke off money coming from agricultural land and various other interests. I might argue that the situation—