MEXICAN CARTELS-ASIAN GANGS CONNECTION

First we heard that the Mexican cartels have connections with Iran and Hezbollah, now we hear the same with Asian organized crime groups.

From Borderland Beat:

ASIAN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS SUPPLY CHAPO WITH PRECURSOR FOR METH

Proceso
January 12, 2013

The tentacles of the Sinaloa cartel headed by Joaquin El Chapo Guzman have reached the Asian continent.

El Capo, one of the most powerful men in the world, according to Forbes magazine, is a drug entrepreneur operating as a holding company with operations in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, which provides not only the logistics and protection, but a sophisticated network of complicity and environments for drug trafficking.

In Peru, for example, the Fourth Organized Crime Prosecutor has open an investigation into the presence of the Sinaloa cartel in Ecuador, where the structure of El Chapo organization consists Colombians, Ecuadorians and Peruvians protecting production of cocaine and maintaining control over the routes for trafficking (Proceso 1888).

As in every business, the criminal organization also has different facilitators to develop their merchandise products.

Three of them, according to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) are Asian criminal organizations that supply the Sinaloa cartel of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of synthetic drugs such as meth.

According to a report by the agency, the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO) found, in meetings with representatives of Latin American countries, there are three Asian criminal transnational organizations that supply the Sinaloa cartel led by El Chapo.

They are: Sun Yee On (New Virtue and Peace), Sap Sze Wui or “14Karat” -which is also known as the Organized Criminal Group Huen Tai Wo-and Tsai (Great Circle). They also maintain links with the Knights Templar, led by Enrique Plancarte, according to the PGR.

Research conducted by the agency headed by Jesús Murillo Karam confirmed the link with Asian criminal organizations with the Mexican cartels, and warned the Asian groups are much like the Mexican Cartels.