These Were The Prices Of A Kilo Of Cocaine In Russia, China, Australia, And New Zealand.

Mica for cartelinsider.com

The former accountant of the Sinaloa Cartel, Jesús ‘El Rey’ Zambada, in the year 2008 after being arrested by Mexican authorities, revealed some information about the sale of illicit substances such as cocaine, which has a variation in prices depending on the country where it is marketed.

According to journalist Anabel Hernández, the also known Pacific Cartel has operations in China, where they were searching for raw materials for the production of methamphetamine, as well as carrying out money laundering activities, acquiring goods used in trade.

Criminal groups from other countries have trusted this cartel for its ability to corrupt both public and private officials, as well as its extensive transportation networks that cover almost all of the American continent, serving as a bridge for conducting business with Colombians.

“For the production of methamphetamine and money laundering activities, Sinaloa has operations in China to acquire precursor chemicals and goods used in trade, based on money laundering schemes. Authorities attribute Sinaloa’s success and global reach to a series of factors, including its extensive transportation networks, strong intelligence apparatus, sophisticated money laundering activities, and its ability to corrupt public and private officials,” wrote journalist Anabel Hernández in her book ‘El Traidor’.

According to statements by ‘El Rey’ Zambada, the price per kilo in New York reached 35 thousand dollars, while outside of America, in continents like Asia and Oceania, it ranged from 200 thousand dollars up to 300, with Russia and China handling the first amount, while Australia and New Zealand being the latter.

“If we look at the price of a kilo of cocaine in several of the mentioned countries, we can understand the motivation that drove the Sinaloa Cartel to leave the American continent and expand. ‘King’ said that the price of a kilo in New York reached 35,000 dollars, in Russia and China 200,000, and in Australia and New Zealand up to 300,000. The report from IDA indicates that Sinaloa’s drug trafficking operations continue to expand globally. Traditionally, the TCO, Transnational Criminal Organization, has operated extensively in Central and South America by managing sophisticated networks of transportation cells and other financial subsidiaries in these regions to move cocaine to and through Mexico,” reports journalist Anabel Hernández.

Fernando Gaxiola, the deceased lawyer for the Zambada Niebla family, reported that Joaquín Archivaldo had plans to buy land in Colombia to grow drugs, but it is not known if he ever carried out that project.

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