Mexican Cartels are Increasingly Targeting Australia's Meth Market
Drug cartels from Mexico, the US, and Canada have overtaken rivals in Southeast Asia to become Australia’s top suppliers of methamphetamine, police said, warning that the Mexican traffickers are “increasingly targeting” the country.
The Australian Federal Police and overseas authorities seized 23.6 tons of North American-produced meth bound for Australia in the 2022-23 financial year, the AFP said in a statement last week.
Product from Mexico, the United States, and Canada now make up at least 70% of the meth, or as it is more commonly known in that region, ICE, found in Australia, police have estimated.
The Aussie-Cartel, made of outlaw bikies was largely broken up following overseas arrests and extraditions. |
While cannabis remains the most common illegal drug consumed in the country by a large margin, the use of meth and amphetamine, another nerve stimulant, has risen among younger drug users, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. A wastewater detection program led by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission projected meth or ice to be Australia’s second most used drug.
The Shift from Asian Meth
The meth was trafficked to other major economies in the region, such as Japan, New Zealand, and Australia, where police have busted a constant stream of meth smuggled into the country in increasingly creative ways.
Tse Li Chop, Asia’s “El Chapo” was recently extradited to Australia. |
“Additionally, the AFP and our global partners have arrested and prosecuted key members of a significant Asian organized crime syndicate in October 2020 and January 2021,” he said, referring to Sam Gor, a group that dominates the Asia-Pacific drug trade.
“These states have effectively put up the ‘Open for Business’ sign to the criminal cartels in relation to the drug market,” he said.
Criminologist John Fitzgerald from the University of Melbourne said the surge may have been caused by a drug dump, with supplies from North American drug cartels to Europe hamstrung by Russia’s war in Ukraine and other factors.
“Mexican meth might just be getting dumped here because of changes in the other markets,” he said.
New Zealand
Last year, New Zealand police seized the country’s biggest-ever meth haul – worth $150 million – hidden in jugs of maple syrup from Canada. They were bound for New Zealand, Australia, and the surrounding Pacific region, police said.
But Southeast Asian suppliers could bounce back from their loss of market share, according to Masood Karimipour, regional representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
“Our analysis shows the overall meth supply from the Golden Triangle has not slowed down, and Australia will continue to be one of the major destinations for organized crime groups operating in Asia,” he said. “These groups have shown a strong ability to adapt and diversify, and we are currently seeing very low prices in some parts of the region.”
Recent Seizures
Source: https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/04/mexican-cartels-are-increasingly.html
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