Nowadays, this would be considered a criminal cartel.
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The globalisation of criminal cartels threatens the rule of law.
Times, Sunday Times
But it speaks to the underlying anxiety of an island being swamped by criminal cartels bringing in boatloads of illegal immigrants.
Globe and Mail
Even while in jail, he remains the leader of his gang, which was once one of the country's most feared and violent criminal cartels.
Times, Sunday Times
In multiplayer mode it pits four players as criminal cartels in a race to gain money and turf.
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