Drugs and Sea Cucumbers: A Narcotics Supply from Mexico to New York

Delivery Method: Webinar
Location: Online
Duration: 75 Minutes (1 credit hours)
Date: 04/29/2025
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Eastern

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Beginning in 2013, criminal elements in Western New York devised a plan to purchase and import substantial quantities of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl from a Mexican cartel. The network they created controlled the purchase, transport, distribution, and sale of the narcotics, as well as laundering the money to avoid detection. This webinar will discuss the business model used to facilitate this criminal network, including separation of duties, control structure, and financial control.  We will discuss how the narcotics were initially stored in California, then transported through the use of fronts used as a cover for the movement of narcotics. We will also discuss the financial process developed to handle the illicit revenue generated.

Presented by:
Michael Loughnane, President, Loughnane Associates, LLC

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