Cartels have many structures and functions that ideally enable corporations to navigate and control market uncertainties and gain collusive profits within their industry.

A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the illegal drug trade and maintaining prices at a …

Jan 22, 2025 · The question now is, how would classifying cartels as terrorists change the way the U.S. fights drug trafficking and what it means for the sovereignty of other nations?

Aug 5, 2024 · Mexican drug cartels are leading suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other illicit narcotics to the United States. The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant corruption and...

1 day ago · The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with sophisticated spy planes flying at least 18 missions over the southwestern US and ...

May 19, 2023 · A cartel is an organization created from a formal agreement between a group of producers of a good or service to control supply or to regulate or manipulate prices.

1 day ago · New documentary examines how Americans are arming Mexican cartels 06:49. The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and ...

Jan 25, 2025 · drug cartel, an illicit consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition and control the production and distribution of illegal drugs. Drug cartels are extremely well-organized, well-financed, efficient, and ruthless. Since the 1980s, they have dominated the international narcotics trade.

Jan 22, 2025 · President Trump’s executive order designating Mexican cartels and other criminal organizations as foreign terrorists could force some American companies to forgo doing business in Mexico rather...

Dec 26, 2024 · A global crackdown on fentanyl has led cartels to innovate production methods and test their risky formulas on people, as well as rabbits and chickens.