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The European Commission said it provisionally found that ten construction chemical groups and three trade bodies operated a cartel to raise prices following the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

To boot, prosecutors said, the captain also “reported receiving what he believed were radio calls from the cartel attempting to hail the Aquatravesia prior to a boarding or takeover.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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

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

Authorities label the video fake and deny any deal or cooperation with the cartels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

He says Zhang was "the one with the connections" in China, and the cartels had to "start from scratch and build a new route".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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

The experience of the Belgian "cartels" would seem to show that, even where party organization and discipline are highly developed, many electors resent the disposal of their votes by a bargain between the organizations concerned.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by John H. Humphreys