US EditionIllegal Fishing: Cartels Expand Criminal Activity Beyond Drug, Human Smuggling
- Mexican cartels have recently expanded their criminal activities beyond drug trafficking to include illegal fishing, petroleum theft, and extortion across Mexico and the U.S. Border regions.
- This expansion follows years of diversification into kidnapping, illegal mining, and human smuggling, while the U.S. Classified six cartels as foreign terrorist organizations to target their multifaceted crimes.
- Authorities found Gulf Cartel's illegal fishing operations in Playa Bagdad include trading red snapper and sharks using fast boats, while also stealing crude oil from Mexico’s PEMEX for smuggling into the U.S.
- In November 2024, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned five Gulf Cartel members for illegal fishing, noting that illicit profits strengthen cartels and increase their capacity to expand criminal enterprises.
- This criminal expansion threatens fisheries vital to economies and food systems, causes revenue losses estimated in tens of billions for Mexico and U.S. Companies, and may raise U.S. Fuel prices as officials intensify crackdowns.
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Illegal fishing: Cartels expand criminal activity beyond drug, human smuggling - Washington Examiner
(The Center Square) — The modern cartels in Mexico supply the illicit drug market in America, but they’ve also shifted to new criminal schemes, diversifying into kidnapping, extortion, illegal mining, petroleum theft and illegal fishing. President Donald Trump moved to classify the six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations early in his term. Experts often call them transnational criminal organizations because their reach has expand…
As If Things Weren't Bad Enough, Now the Cartels Are Stealing Fish
Watauga Democrat
Illegal fishing: Cartels expand criminal activity beyond drug, human smuggling
(The Center Square) – The modern cartels in Mexico supply the illicit drug market in America, but they've also shifted to new criminal schemes, diversifying into kidnapping, extortion, illegal mining, petroleum theft and illegal fishing.
Cartels Are Taking Advantage of States That Legalized Marijuana To Expand Their Networks: DEA Report
The DEA said in a report that states that legalized or decriminalized Marijuana may be enabling illegal grow ops linked to Asian and Mexican transnational cartels
Illegal Fishing: Cartels Expand Criminal Activity Beyond Drug, Human Smuggling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The modern cartels in Mexico supply the illicit drug market in America, but they’ve also shifted to new criminal schemes, diversifying into kidnapping, extortion, illegal mining, petroleum theft and illegal fishing. President Donald Trump moved to classify the six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations early in his term. Experts often call them transnational criminal organizations because their reach has expanded i…
Illegal fishing: Cartels expand criminal activity beyond drug, human smuggling - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) – The modern cartels in Mexico supply the illicit drug market in America, but they’ve also shifted to new criminal schemes, diversifying into kidnapping, extortion, illegal mining, petroleum theft and illegal fishing. President Donald Trump moved to classify the six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations early in his term. Experts often call them transnational criminal organizations because their reach has expande…
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