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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Olivier Sorgho and Diana Mandia

Mexican cartels and EU criminals cooperate to smuggle drugs to Europe and beyond-report

FILE PHOTO: Members of a special unit of the Mexican Army leave a military zone to patrol as part of an operation to increase security after cartel gunmen clashed with federal forces, resulting in the release of Ovidio Guzman from detention, the son of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in Culiacan, in Sinaloa state, Mexico October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Mexican cartels and criminal groups in the European Union work together to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine from Latin America to Europe, according to a report published on Wednesday by Europol and the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration.

According to the report, the first such joint initiative involving both agencies, both Mexico-based criminal gangs and their European counterparts corrupt officials in the public and private sectors to help smuggle drugs.

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