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crime cartel [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

For the past three years the powerful crime cartel trucked heroin from the poppy fields of the Golden Triangle into China's notorious Fujian Province and shipped the drug west to be sold on the streets of Vancouver, Toronto, New York and other North American cities.

CONT

... regardless of how criminal cartels are ultimately defined by statute, clients should consider undertaking a full cartel audit of their businesses before the draft bill becomes law ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

Le troisième mode d'organisation auquel fait appel le cartel criminel est la parenté clanique, la structure ethnique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
DEF

Organización ilícita vinculada al tráfico de drogas o de armas.

OBS

cartel criminal: Al contener la palabra cartel el significado de "organización ilícita", la construcción "cartel criminal" parece redundante.

OBS

cartel; cártel: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que tanto "cartel" como "cártel" son grafías adecuadas para referirse a una "organización ilícita vinculada al tráfico de drogas o de armas", conforme al Diccionario académico.

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