Followup: Organized Crime In the Time Of Corona, II

In last Tuesday's "Organized Crime In The Time Of Corona" I made a couple statements without links and was challenged on them over the weekend. From the top:

A couple days ago the New York Post had a story that I didn't understand, "How coronavirus cripples the New York Mafia" so we didn't link.
This though, this I understand.
Crooks from the lowliest mugger to the top of the corrupt government heap in Africa (and elsewhere) are opportunistic. Amazingly so. They see and act on criminal opportunities that regular people are simply blind to.

I was asked why I highlighted "Africa".
This December 2019 Reuters story probably had something to do with it:

Angola retrieves more than $5 bln in stolen assets amid crackdown on graft

That's one country.
And those are just the recoveries.
I mean it does happen everywhere (hence "elsewhere"). I could have chosen the Socialist Paradise of Venezuela where the country's richest citizen ($4.2 billion net worth) is Maria Gabriela Chavez.
Thank you daddy.

The other point my interlocutor raised was regarding:

Now I understand the lack of action in gambling mentioned in the NYP article. And I understand the Mexican cartels running into logistical problems procuring their fentanyl  from China. Ditto for their methamphetamine precursors. But you have to assume they've already made adjustments. These people are adaptable, like a virus.
They are not sitting at home waiting for their government check. 

For that I'll cite the New York Post, March 28:
Coronavirus pandemic drives up price of heroin, meth and fentanyl

I once started to argue with one of my mentors and when he got tired of me yapping like a demented puppy he looked me in the eye and said "Don't dispute me."
Although that is not something I would ever say, I sometimes understand where he was coming from.
[I know, preposition, see Churchill et al.]

Finally regarding criminal creativity:
Coronavirus scammers use fake 'pop-up' COVID-19 testing sites to steal DNA, personal information in Kentucky 

State and local officials in Kentucky are warning against "pop-up" COVID-19 testing sites which offer quick results for cash.

A self-proclaimed medical marketing company set up makeshift testing sites outside various churches in Louisville with workers dressed head to toe in hazmat gear.

Metro Council President David James and Louisville advocates have been hunting down who they call fake COVID-19 testers, reported WDRB.

Local officials said the scammers are charging more than $200 a test and using people's DNA and personal information.

"It's really Medicaid fraud, is what it actually is. There is no reason that you should spend $240 dollars for a COVID test," James said. "And they're using the same gloves on Person A that they used on Person B, that they used on Person C."....MORE

Got that?
They are pocketing cash, they are collecting DNA for God knows what reason, they are gathering personal information and they may be submitting claims to Medicaid.
That's creative.