Going up in Smoke: Terrorist Financing and Contraband Cigarettes A strange bond exists between smokers‚ contraband operators‚ and terrorists around the world‚ as ‚ contraband cigarettes indirectly fund terrorist activities. By Antonio L. Rappa For The Straits Times In the year 2000‚ United States authorities caught two Lebanese brothers for running a multimillion-dollar smuggling operation‚ moving low-tax cigarettes from North Carolina to high-tax Michigan. It was a major coup for the Bureau
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There is a lot of Mexican Gangs is in United States prisons. For example Mexican Mafia‚ Latin Kings‚ Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos‚ Partido Revolucionario Mexicano‚ Raza Unida etc… The Mexican Mafia is the top #1 Mexican Prison Gang‚ it started in the streets in california and escalated to the prisons. Mexican Mafia is also known as “La Eme” They would usually join the gang so that they could be protected from other gangs that were racist toward hispanics. La Eme was established in 1957 by Luis
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Pablo Escobar * Born December 1‚1949 in Antioquia‚ Colombia * He controlled over 80% of the cocaine shipped to the u.s * Earned popularity by sponsoring charity projects and soccer clubs‚ but terror campaigns turned public opinion against him * He began his crime early stealing tombstones while he was young. * He started buying coca paste in Bolivia and Peru‚ refine it and transport it for sale in the us. * His first kill was in 1975 killing Fabio Restrepo taking over his
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By late 2000’s‚ audiences began to slowly shift from watching telenovelas in Univision to watching them in Telemundo. Telemundo began to produce novelas that contained storylines that were unique. El Rostro de Anahi (The Face of Anahi’s) became the first novelas to grab the audiences attention from Univision. The telenovela is a mystery/thriller and it entails about two women‚ Mariana‚a successful business owner‚ and Anahi‚a secret agent that get into a car accident. This telenovela is a very loosely
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“Drug trafficking: a definition of hunger‚ betrayal and death.” A reflective examination of the Mexican violence and economic affairs. It is 7:00 a.m. Get ready‚ it is almost time to go to work. As soon as you open your front door you encounter a large mysterious package. With caution and curiosity‚ you head out. You try to figure out who might have dropped it. Rapidly‚ you decide to take it inside. As you carry it you realize how heavy it is and you start feeling uneasy. After a moment‚ you decide
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Opened to the public in 2013‚ this memorial honors all those that have been victims of the drug violence in the country of Mexico. One of the most important and current issues during 2006-2012 was the drug violence in Mexico. “Mexico’s drug war accounted for more than 60‚000 deaths between 2006 to 2012‚ with yearly casualty per capita tolls worse than Iraq or Afghanistan.”- MARIO BALLESTEROS It is composed of 70 rusted steel walls between trees with a geometric reflection pool located in Mexico City
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Compare And Contrast ISIS To The KKK‚ Gangs‚ The Mexican Cartel‚ Or The Mafia. Sabrina Reyes Mrs. Mims English IV 4th period October 7‚ 2014 How many innocent people have to die? “After the bombings on ISIS from the USA‚ they have beheaded two American journalists as a direct result of the bombings. They claim they were “acting as a direct result of your transgression towards us!” ISIS has also vowed: “WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE QUENCH OUR THIRST FOR YOUR BLOOD.”‚ Says hub pages articles
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Daddy Yankee has a-lot of accomplishments in his life‚ his first album was released in 1995 titled No Mercy unfortunately it did not sell well as he thought it would. In 2000 he started to work single. The first album was called El Cartel in 2001 he released the El Cartel TT that was sold better than the last album. In 2002 El Cangri.com his third album released and became the first album of Yankee to sell productively outside of Puerto Rico‚ mostly in the United States. The most successful song from
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The orgin of the cartel The EC started an investigation in early 2004 on its own initiative after being approached by an informant with information concerning the possible existence of a cartel among the four major manufacturers of elevators and escalators present in the European Union‚ KONE‚ Otis‚ Schindler and ThyssenKrupp. They found out that 17 national subsidiaries of the above undertakings‚ as well as their controlling parents‚ and to Mitsubishi Elevator Europe B.V. which participated in
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aware of what the drug cartels are doing to Mexico. Mexico has been dealing with the Drug Wars since 2006‚ a total
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