Long Haul Crime Log EP04 Mexican cartels cash in on coronavirus

FreightCasts · Jan 30, 2021 · 16m

In Mexico, criminal cartels have been busy exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic and medical supply chains to make money. In this episode of Long-Haul Crime Log, we look at how cartels are taking advantage of the medical crisis to pursue profits outside of the drug trade and cargo theft. Meanwhile, there are growing fears that the cartels will undermine the country’s vaccine rollout. We also delve into the story of a bookkeeper who defrauded a family-owned trucking company and farm in Missouri out of more than $700,000. Her crimes went unnoticed for years. Join journalists Noi Mahoney, Nate Tabak…