Nuevo Laredo has become a stage where Mexican organized crime demonstrates its immense power to corrupt, kill, and make money. Despite every attempt by both Mexican and US authorities to control smuggling and violent death, Mexican organized crime continues to take advantage of the largest inland trade zone to smuggle hundreds of tonnes of cocaine … ORGANIZED CRIME, MEXICO’S TOP THREAT

VITAL gas supplies to Western Europe are at the mercy of shady middlemen who have taken control of the gas trade between Russia, Ukraine and Turkmenistan, it was alleged yesterday. Their unregulated business dealings have contributed to a sharp rise in the price of gas in leading markets, including Britain and Germany. Their secretive company, … GAS TRADERS TO WESTERN EUROPE FACE ORGANISED CRIME INQUIRY BY THE US

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated money laundering at 2-5% of world GDP but few others have made an attempt to quantify global money laundering. John Walker (1999) was the first analyst to make a serious attempt at quantifying money laundering and the initial output from his model suggests that $2,85 trillion is laundered globally. … MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE NETHERLANDS

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is a new law enforcement agency in the UK created ‘to reduce the harm caused to people and communities in the UK by serious organised crime.’ It takes over the functions of the National Crime Squad (NCS), the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the role of HMRC in investigating … SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AGENCY