Plata o plomo: penetration, the purchase of power and the Mexican drug cartels

Journal of Money Laundering Control

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-278

  Simser, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asset forfeiture; Cocaine; Colombia; Corruption; Drug cartels; Mexico; Money laundering; Organized crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879173144     PISSN: 13685201     EISSN: 17587808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13685201111147568     Document Type: Article

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