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Cartels, mafias and gangs in Europe are using fruit companies, hotels and other legal businesses as fronts, Europol says

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Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That’s the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency. Europol has identified 821 particularly threatening criminal networks with more than 25,000 members in the bloc. According … Read more

Russian woman kidnapped near U.S. border in Mexico is freed, officials say

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A Russian woman who was kidnapped in northeastern Mexico has been released, Russian embassy and Tamaulipas state officials said Sunday. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was released without paying the ransom kidnappers sought and was taken to a police station in Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, near the U.S. border, diplomats said on social … Read more

Bizman sold fake artworks: ED raids 6 sites, says evidence of cartel found | India News

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MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at six locations in Mumbai as part of a money laundering case involving art dealer Rajesh Rajpal, solicitor Vishwang Desai, and others who were accused of selling fake artworks.ED said it has found evidence which showed operations of a cartel engaged in trading of fake artwork, generation of fake … Read more

5 charred bodies found in remote Mexico town after reported clash between criminals

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Funding Cartels: The Fentanyl Fight | CBS Reports Funding Cartels: Why America Is Losing the Fentanyl Fight | CBS Reports 22:30 Acapulco, Mexico — Five charred bodies were found Tuesday in a remote village in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero after reports of a confrontation between suspected criminals, local authorities said. The state prosecutor’s … Read more

12 alleged cartel members killed by Mexican soldiers near U.S. border

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Mexican troops on patrol killed 12 gunmen in a clash near the U.S. border in Tamaulipas, according to the government of the northeastern state, which has been rocked by violence linked to organized crime. The slain attackers were alleged members of a drug cartel, government sources told AFP. The shootout occurred when soldiers were patrolling … Read more

Five companies fined RM415mil for fixing chicken feed price

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KUALA LUMPUR: Five companies have been fined a total of RM415mil for fixing the price of chicken feed, says the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC). MyCC chief executive officer Iskandar Ismail said the companies were found to have infringed Section 4 of the Competition Act 2010 by forming a cartel to fix the price of chicken … Read more

Opinion | Ride hailing began in China 2,200 years ago. Isn’t it time Hong Kong’s taxi cartel accepted some competition and raised its game?

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I laughed out loud when I learned that taxi drivers in Hong Kong had planned a strike in November to protest against ride-hailing services, which they claimed were costing them millions of dollars a day in lost revenue. That’s right. DiDi, Gojek, Grab, Lyft, Uber, and so on, which are ubiquitous in many cities in … Read more