EU charges monitor makers with forming CRT cartel
PC Advisor
Cartels are not subject to criminal law in Europe, as they are in the US and other jurisdictions. However, they are considered one of the most serious forms of antitrust abuse in Europe, and under civil law the Commission can fine companies...
Calderon: Gangs were 'taking over Mexico'
Houston Chronicle
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were “taking over Mexico” before he launched his offensive against them, and said the crackdown had achieved uneven results. Calderon's ....
U.S. priorities shifting in Mexico's drug fight
Dallas Morning News
and Mexican officials are looking for ways to gradually move the focus of their efforts from dismantling and disrupting cartels to strengthening Mexico's weak democratic institutions and weeding out corruption, the official said. "Corruptio...
Covering Mexico's cartel wars puts journalists in the line of fire
CNN
For the last year, Ainslie has been using Ciudad Juarez as the center for his research on the Mexican war against the drug cartels. "You can report what happens on the street, which is public domain, and sometimes they will get threats if t...
Sybil Adelman Sage on 2012: The Upside of the End of Time
Women on the Web
We were already stressed about genocide, drug cartels, nuclear weapons in Iran, greedy pharmaceutical companies, the trafficking of women and little girls missing. In New York we’re being warned about swine flu and the absence of vaccine an...
Mexico moves from Latin leader to laggard
Financial Times
But perhaps the most important and least discussed one is that Mexico is being held hostage by its cartels. I am not referring to drug cartels. The cartels holding Mexico back are the private conglomerates, unions, political groups, univers...
U.S., Mexico team up to fight drug cartels
Deseret News
It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along. MEXICO CITY — To avenge the arrest of their leader, Mexican drug cartel commandos went on a rampage this sum...
Houston windshield repairman admits he helped smuggle military-style ...
KENS 5
HOUSTON (AP) — As part of a plea agreement, a Houston windshield repairman has admitted he conspired to lie to gun dealers about where more than 300 military-style weapons were headed so they could be smuggled from the U.S. to Mexican drug ...
Mexican Drug Cartels now Control Cocaine in the Americas
Mexidata.info
Oscar Nina, the commander of Bolivia’s Special Forces to Combat Drug Trafficking (FELCN), admitted on 28 October 2009 that Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) are financing and controlling the production of cocaine at labs through...
Mark tasks security agencies on cartels, NNPC chief urges support for ...
The Guardian - Nigeria
S ENATE President David Mark has charged security operatives to put necessary measures in place to dismantle all kinds of cartels in the oil, energy and transportation sectors. Also, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC's) Gr...
Drug cartels along border target youth
Daily Texan Online
Promises of money, fast cars, women and a life devoid of consequences associated with Mexican cartels and their growing appeal have lured some border-city youth down a dead-end road. In an effort to stem cartels’ influence on students, the ...