Cartel members engage in a wide range of violent illegal activities aimed at protecting their criminal empires and expanding their profits such as drug trafficking, money laundering, weapons trafficking, human smuggling, prostitution, and extortion. Learn what a cartel is, how it operates, examples, and its legality Understand the impact of cartels on supply, pricing, and consumer markets globally. Drug cartel, an illicit consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition and control the production and distribution of illegal drugs “cartel” is a cultural and journalistic term Organized crime is the correct legal definition under mexican law
Mexico’s criminal networks function as diversified business systems embedded in local economies. They arrive where the killings end, retrieving bodies, comforting families and bearing the emotional toll of a deadly struggle that shows no sign of stopping.
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