Deck 12: Drug and Other Trafficking Organizations in the Americas

Question 1

In spite of treaty agreements the Mexican government would not ordinarily _______________ wanted Mexican nationals to face trial for crimes committed.

A) Allow the US to surveil
B) Extradite to the U.S.
C) Prosecute
D) Give to bounty hunters

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Cárdenas and Abrego turned a local smuggling operation that had roots in prohibition into a full blown ___________________

A) Distillery
B) Political move
C) Drug smuggling operation
D) War against the government

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In an attempt to deal with corruption in the Mexican government who began extraditing wanted criminals to the U.S.?

A) The PRI
B) Gulf Cartel
C) Vicente Fox
D) Pablo Acosta

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In order to protect their immigration smuggling operations across Central America and the U.S. the cartels developed

A) Alias'
B) Alliances with businesses
C) Alliances with street gangs
D) Paramilitary capabilities

Question 5

The goals of the Mexican government forces include

A) A government free of the cartel influence
B) Suppression of the cartel forces.
C) The control over the drug trade
D) Taxing the Mafias illegal gains

Question 6

In order to protect their criminal activities the cartels must

A) Import weapons and ammunition
B) Have alliances within the judicial system
C) Keep close alliances with other cartels
D) Keep an active war against the government

Question 7

The cartel La Lina paramilitary group was located in which city

A) Tijuana
B) Sinaloa
C) Chihuahua
D) Oaxaca

Question 8

_______________ did not start supplying marijuana on a large scale until the late 1960's

A) Mexico
B) Columbia
C) Texas
D) Bolivia

Question 9

The Medellin cartel has traditionally controlled at least 60% of the Columbian _____________ traffic

A) Marijuana
B) Sex
C) Weapons
D) Cocaine

Question 10

Other than political clout the Cali cartel used ___________to escape punishment

A) Modern technology and intelligence tactics
B) War
C) Business fronts
D) Smuggling routes

Question 11

The Medellin cartel transported cocaine by________________ and the Cali cartel used

A) Semi's, mail
B) Boats, airplanes
C) Airplane, merchant marine
D) Trains, boats

Question 12

The FARC is a

A) Cartel alliance
B) Political movement
C) Marxist-Leninist movement
D) Anti-Communist movement

Question 13

On August 29, 2016 the Columbian government and the FARC

A) Signed a ceasefire
B) Made an alliance
C) Started a revolutionary war
D) Met for negotiations

Question 14

With the constant flow of refugees due to war, poverty and political oppression there exist opportunities for organized crime to engage in

A) Cartel recruitment
B) Human trafficking
C) Economic growth
D) Political gain

Question 15

Counterfeiting covers almost all categories of goods and affects

A) Mostly small business owners
B) Large corporations
C) Import and export businesses only
D) Economies throughout the world