The drug cartels’ new global strategy @BrookingsInstitution
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Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
How have drug cartels diversified their activities around the world? As Mexico's powerful criminal cartels expand their illicit operations across international borders, Senior Fellow Vanda Felbab-Brown testified before the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on “Beyond Our Shores: The Global Reach of Mexican Drug Cartels and Risks to U.S. National Security.”

Read the full testimony here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-spiking-threat-mexican-cartels-in-europe-canada-africa-the-asia-pacific-and-latin-america/

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