Tag Archives: cartel

Memo to Bernanke

By m3t00 | Published: 10-07-12
Some financial type (attribution on request — maybe): Ben, there is real food for thought in the article below. The submarine in the picture below looks pretty crude. Given the global cash flows generated by cocaine, traffickers should be able to afford much better equipment. And I think we, Tim Geithner, and congress should seriously [...]
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Coming to a subdivision near you

By m3t00 | Published: 08-08-15
AJC (Schwartz, “Drug Violence in Atlanta Tied to Several Cartels,” 31 July ’08): “Powerful Mexican cartels have assumed control of drug distribution networks throughout the United States, sparking worry from U.S. law enforcement and experts that they may export the same violent methods that have ravaged Mexico for years.” Kidnapping, for example. Vast tracts of [...]
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How to think about narcocracy

By m3t00 | Published: 08-07-15
FT (Adam Thomson, “Drugs cartels targeting Mexico’s democracy, says intelligence chief,” 14 July ’08; BBC pickup here): The head of Mexico’s intelligence service has warned that the country’s democratic institutions, including the national Congress, are under threat from powerful drugs cartels. At some point, subverted governmental entities would make an announcement like this in order [...]
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