The Sinaloa Cartel as a Concrete Example

Using the Sinaloa Cartel as a concrete example, the authors compare the cartel to a legitimate business operation. Were it not an illegal enterprise, the Sinaloa Cartel would be one of Mexico’s largest companies. A brief history of the cartel enables the reader to see the special characteristics that make a multinational cocaine distribution business different from a multinational coffee distribution business, and organized criminals different from ordinary and white-collar criminals.