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cartel

[kahr-tel] / kɑrˈtɛl /


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The cartel nears the end of a cycle of production hikes, while potentially difficult talks over future quotas loom.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Anna Sabine MP, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport said Fifa behaves "more like a closed-shop cartel than a neutral global sporting body".

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Iraq, in particular, has asked the cartel to raise production quotas to make up for the shortfall it incurred during the war in the Middle East, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said in late June.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

The ghost of Vice still lingers in today’s media ecosystem in what he called our “era of cartel journalism:” creators navigating a world of blurred incentives and corporate interests.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Right before their eyes he had transformed his syndicate into an international cartel.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

In its statement, DHS denied HSI has neglected its core mission, saying the agency has increased its efforts to combat criminal cartels, gangs and drug traffickers in response to multiple Trump executive orders.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

The visa revocation comes soon after senior U.S. officials described Mexico as a country controlled by drug traffickers and vowed to pursue Mexican officials who collude with the nation’s powerful cartels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The Mexican government, too, has taken more aggressive steps against the cartels and sent thousands of troops to Sinaloa.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Much of the world still thinks of Latin American organized crime in terms of cut-throat cocaine cartels and cavalier capos like Pablo Escobar.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Either term could apply to the clinics run by the two cartels; or, for that matter, to the largest of them all, operated by Eric Young's union.

From The Cartels Jungle by Irving E. Cox




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