The Cartel
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| Originally published | June 23, 2015 |
| Authors | Don Winslow |
| Preceded by | The Power of the Dog |
| Followed by | The Border |
| Genres | Novel |
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| Crime Fiction | |
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| ID | 2382100 |
About The Cartel
"From the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dogcomes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, of power, corruption, revenge and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican American drug wars. It s 2004. . . .
Ovidio Guzmán-López: El Chapo's son extradited to the US
... " This action is the most recent step in the Justice Department s effort to attack every aspect of The Cartel s operations, " US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement regarding the extradition...
Emma Coronel: El Chapo Guzmán's wife released from prison
... The Cartel s hitmen kidnapped, tortured and killed members of rival gangs to consolidate its power...
El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
... Joaquín " El Chapo" Guzmán, the former Sinaloa cartel leader, His three sons charged - Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar - are known as the Chapitos, or little Chapos, are known as the more violent faction of The Cartel...
Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology
... So why would The Cartel apologise for the incident and hand over its own gunmen to the police? A letter left with The Cartel gunmen, who had been trussed up and left on the roadside, accused them of acting " under their own decision-making and lack of discipline" as well as supposedly breaking cartel rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent"...
Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings
... The letter also accuses the men of breaking The Cartel s rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent"...
Operation Desert Light: Europol take down massive cocaine 'super cartel'
... Operation Desert Light saw authorities in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) work together to bring down The Cartel, Those arrested included six " high-value targets" - those most wanted by international police...
Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela: Colombian 'Chess Player' drug lord dies in US prison
... Within a year of his arrest, some six of The Cartel s seven leaders were either dead or behind bars...
Oil-producing nations stick to their plan despite Ukraine
... Energy experts believe that from The Cartel s point of view little has changed yet in terms of physical supply on the market...
Operation Desert Light: Europol take down massive cocaine 'super cartel'
By Mattea BubaloBBC News
A drug " super cartel" that controlled about a third of Europe's cocaine supply has been dismantled, police have announced.
Dubbed Operation Desert Light, 49 people were arrested across six European countries, the EU's police agency, Europol, said.
They included a British national, who is suspected of heading the operation.
Over 30 tonnes (30,000kg) of drugs were seized during the two-year-long investigation, Europol said.
Operation Desert Light saw authorities in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and The United Arab Emirates (UAE) work together to bring down The Cartel ,
Those arrested included six " high-value targets" - those Most Wanted by international police.
Europol said the " drugpins" had formed a " prolific criminal network involved in large-scale drugs trafficking and Money Laundering . "
It added that the scale of the drug operation was " massive".
It is the latest in a series of police efforts to hack encrypted phones used by Organised Crime networks to traffic drugs and launder money.
Cocaine imported from South America via the Netherlands was the main focus of The Investigation , and most of the arrests were made there in 2021.
The Others were made earlier this month, between 8-19 November, during coordinated raids across The Other six countries, Europol said.
A video posted to The Agency 's YouTube page showed teams of investigators and sniffer dogs searching homes filled with luxury cars, although it is unclear if any assets were seized during the arrests.
The British man suspected of heading the " super cartel" fled to Dubai after avoiding arrest in Spain, the country's Guardia Civil said in a statement.
He allegedly continued to lead The Cartel from the UAE.
An anonymous Europol source told the AFP news agency that another " big fish" Dutch suspect, with alleged links to high-profile Dutch Crime Boss Ridouan Taghi , was also detained.
Dutch prosecutors said they would request the extradition of The Suspects from the UAE who now face large-scale drug trafficking and Money Laundering charges.
Analysts say data from The Past decade suggests access to cocaine in Europe is.
Offences related to cocaine use or possession are also rising, with an estimated 3. 5 million adults consuming the drug in The Past year.
Earlier this month, police in Spain conducted a series of raids that resulted in The Discovery of the.
The packaged marijuana found was equivalent to approximately 1. 1 million plants.
Source of news: bbc.com
