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nouna consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
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- drug cartel an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs
- medellin cartel a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed
- narco-state an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent
- cali cartel a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.)
- oil cartel a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil