EU Court Upholds $100M in Fines for Carbon Cartel
Courthouse News Service
(CN) - Europe's high court upheld fines of more than $100 million against two companies that participated in a carbon and graphite products cartel. The European Commission imposed the fines on Carbone Lorraine, SGL Carbon and three other Ge...
Elevation of cartel boss by Forbes irks Mexicans
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Mexico City - Mexicans were none too pleased to read that their country's most-wanted cocaine kingpin has been ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the most powerful people in the world. Joaquin Guzman, alias El Chapo -- Spani...
Grenade attacks shake central Mexico in the wake of arrest
Earthtimes
Cristobal Altamirano Pinon, allegedly the boss of the hit man squadrons of the La Familia drug cartel, had been arrested Thursday. The grenade attacks followed soon thereafter and into early Friday, in the city of Celaya about 250 kilometre...
Texas parents warned to watch for signs of ‘gang recruitment’
Muleshoe Journal
The violence surrounding the Mexican drug cartels have been an ongoing concern for residents on both sides of the border, but according to the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement officials, it’s a concern for area p...
Kickin' it MexaRican Style: Remembering Judy Ojeda
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Judy was also a proud Latina family business owner of the "MexaRican Cartel," which was a record and souvenir shop bridging many Urban youth from the Twin Cities area through Hip-Hop and Latino music. Her and husband Tony named the store af...
Explosives busts show demand for grenades
East Valley Tribune
Authorities say the arrests of three men who allegedly sold casings for 23 hand grenades this week in metropolitan Phoenix is a reminder that the illegal market for explosives isn't isolated to Mexico.
Biggest copyright sting in history
p2pnet.net
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The British Labour Government has come up with “the most radical copyright proposal I’ve ever seen,” posts Boingboing. More radical than disconnecting people if they fail to toe the corporate entertainment ...
Escobar's son involved in drug cartel, killings, say police
The New Zealand Herald
BOGOTA - Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in Colombia 16...
Covering Mexico's cartel wars puts journalists in the line of fire
CNN
This photograph, taken in Cuidad Juarez on October 20, records the 2,000th dead in Mexico's cartel drug wars. More than twice as many journalists have been killed in Mexico as Afghanistan Journalists who cover the cartel wars in Ciudad Juar...
Independent Publishers Who Are Reinventing The Future
io9.com
Only one book has scored a "5" for both sex and violence: The Body Cartel by Alan Spencer. Other Damnation authors? Time to raise your game. P.S. Publishing This British small press has put out tons of award-winning titles, especially in ho...
Arrests in Europe Over Soccer Fixing Investigation
New York Times
BOCHUM, Germany — European enforcement officials said Friday that they had arrested the ring leaders of a far-reaching match-fixing cartel involving 200 soccer games in nine countries across the continent. Peter Limacher (center), a UEFA of...