While airline services and ticket prices have largely remained stagnant at major hubs over recent years, the same cannot be said for smaller airports. An analysis of industry and government data shows that carriers have […]
Cartels
There’s So Little Water In Pakistan’s Capital That Drug Gangs Have Become Water Mafias
Citizens in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi are going weeks without seeing a single drop of water thanks to criminal gangs that have monopolized the distribution of the vital resource. Spurred by a large population […]
Eco Friendly And Blood Free, Lab Grown Diamonds Are Starting To Crack The Diamond Cartel
Lab-produced diamonds are stealing significant market share from the $80 billion global diamond market as buyers look for lower prices for a virtually indistinguishable product. Formerly reserved for industrial applications, the technology for producing “grown” […]
New Study Shows Its Media Companies, Not Spotify, That Keep Artist Payments Low
You would think that the artist gets the biggest cut from streaming music, however a new study finds that’s not actually the case. Berklee College of Music, a prominent Boston-based music school, has recently taken […]
For The First Time In History A Female Is Running A Mexican Drug Cartel
The Arellano Felix cartel, one of the most infamous groups of drug smugglers in Tijuana now has a new leader. This time it is not a man suspected to be in charge, but a woman […]
Fierce Shootout Leaves 43 Dead In Latest Mexican Drug Violence
Mexican security forces left 42 of the gunmen dead in a three hour long shootout on Friday which also killed one federal police officer, officials said. Three gunmen were also arrested. The battle erupted in […]
Mexico’s War On Drugs Means Cartel Whack-a-Mole
A weekend of narco-war convulsed Mexico’s second-largest city and a famed beach resort town showing that a powerful and aggressive drug cartel has risen to take the place of the weakened Sinaloa, Knights Templar, Gulf […]
Why The String Of Cartel Head Captures Means Nothing
The New York Times reported yesterday that Mexican authorities had captured Juárez Cartel boss Jesús Salas Aguayo, the latest in a string of headlines claiming victories in the war on drugs. Known as ‘The Liquidator’, […]