A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collaborate with each other and avoid competing with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market.

Aug 22, 2025 · Learn what a cartel is, how it operates, examples, and its legality. Understand the impact of cartels on supply, pricing, and consumer markets globally.

Members of a cartel generally maintain their separate identities and financial independence while engaging in cooperative policies. Cartels can either be domestic or international. Because …

Oct 18, 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 …

The Sinaloa Cartel protects its revenue-generating operations through threats and violence, including kidnappings, extortion, and murder, targeting rival cartels; civilians; journalists; and …

Feb 20, 2025 · Cártel de Sinaloa is a transnational organization based in Sinaloa, Mexico. It is one of the world’s most powerful drug cartels and is one of the largest producers and …

Dec 4, 2025 · Two recent killings — one of an outspoken representative of the lime growers, the other a popular mayor standing up to the cartels — in Mexico's western Michoacan state have …

2 days ago · President Donald Trump likened transnational drug cartels to ISIS and vowed to "eliminate the cartel presence in America once and for all."

Spain busts ring of powerful Mexican drug cartel targeted by U.S. Two "priority targets" of the U.S. DEA as well as suspected members of the Italian mafia were among 20 people detained, police...

Aug 18, 2025 · While fentanyl is the most urgent threat, Project Portero addresses all aspects of cartel criminal activity—from drug smuggling to weapons trafficking to illicit finance—that cross …