Word: cartelism
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...BusinessWeek, in an editorial in its current issue, assailed the GMAC initiative as a “cartel-like arrangement...
...regional warlords are profiting from the drug traffic, using the cash to fund their armies and, in doing so, weakening the reach of Karzai's government in the provinces. A Cabinet minister who tried to stop traffickers two years ago was assassinated in Kabul, reportedly by a drug cartel. "Our national interests are at stake," says Mirwais Yasini, head of the Counter-Narcotics Directorate in Kabul. "We're facing anarchy...
...Rhyme Cartel...
...Billion Face value of suspect U.S. bonds seized during a bust in London on a Colombian drug cartel...
...lines for gas are longer than they used to be. Bremer says the U.S. has tried to tackle the unemployment problem by paying 1.5 million civil servants their monthly salaries, but even that has provoked discontent. The U.S. is paying salaries in 10,000-dinar ($7.40) notes, which a cartel of Baghdad money changers has refused to break. As a result, hundreds of Iraqis were forced to stand in six-hour queues last week at the few open banks willing to make change for the 10,000-dinar notes. Baghdad has suffered from recent acts of sabotage on power lines...