This is the powerful Italian mafia with which the CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel have been linked
Both criminal organizations are accused of having extended their illicit activities to more than 100 countries, which has allowed them to make alliances with criminal groups from all continents.
By
Ruby Martinez

04 May, 2024 03:41 pm EST

Four mafia organizations have been recognized in Italy. Each has its own structure and areas of influence, although all participate in criminal activities such as drug trafficking , extortion and money laundering. However, only one has managed to do business with the two most dangerous cartels in Mexico today: the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) . What is it about?

During recent years, the so-called four-letter cartel and the CDS have managed to extend their illicit activities to more than 100 countries . In the document Protecting the United States Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border, the Department of Justice notes that they have reached all continents, “with the exception of Antarctica .”

Some of the countries where national authorities have reported their presence directly, in addition to the US and Canada, are Australia , Spain , the Netherlands , the United Kingdom , France and Italy .

To the latter, the first to arrive would have been the Sinaloa Cartel in 2008; then under the leadership of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.
Located on the peninsula that penetrates the Mediterranean Sea and is surrounded by the Adriatic, Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas, the Mexican organization quickly established an alliance with the 'Ndrangheta , the most powerful mafia in Italy today.

Originally from the Calabria region of southern Italy, the ' Ndrangheta has stood out for its highly cohesive organizational structure and its involvement in international narcotics trafficking.

And, similar to the CJNG and the CDS, it has managed to extend its influence and operations not only nationally but also internationally; becoming one of the most powerful and feared criminal organizations in the world .

Full article: https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024...nculados-el-cjng-y-el-cartel-de-sinaloa/