From a Mexican cartel to New York: A deep dive into the business of fentanyl │#NarcoBusiness Ep 2/3 (Video)
From a Mexican cartel to New York: A deep dive into the business of fentanyl │#NarcoBusiness Ep 2/3 (Video)
For two years, Bertrand Monnet, an expert in the economics of crime, filmed every stage of the Sinaloa cartel's business model in Mexico. In this second episode of Narco Business, Le Monde looks into the cartel's well-oiled organization for selling fentanyl. It's the leading cause of death among 18-45-year-olds in the United States: Fentanyl, or rather M30, a blue tablet 20-to-40 times more potent than heroin. It's a drug that kills, but earns the people who produce it billions of dollars. For two years, Bertrand Monnet plunged into the heart of Mexico's most powerful cartel for Le Monde: the Sinaloa Cartel. Camera in hand, Monnet documented, for the first time, every stage of the narcos' business model, from the manufacture of fentanyl in the garages of Culiacan to the laundering of dirty money in the skyscrapers of Dubai. The images and interviews obtained provide a better understanding of how these ultra-efficient, violent criminal organizations operate, and their new target market: France. (Le Monde in English/ EDHEC Business School, 06.01.2024, Video, 28:17, engl. UT)