Deck 9: Mexico and the Other Transnational Trafficking Organizations

Question 1

Today the major Mexican cartels are no longer poly-drug (that is, handling more than one type of drug) and instead specialize in the production or trafficking of one specific product.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Some couriers engage in this practice, which involves the ingestion of up to 150 condoms full of heroin that will be expelled upon the courier's arrival in the United States.

A)swallowing
B)repressing
C)choke back
D)swigging

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The practice of placing many couriers on the same flight to the United States is often used by which transnational crime syndicate?

A)Sinaloa Cartel
B)Samoli cartels
C)Nigerian traffickers
D)Dominican traffickers

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which is FALSE in regard to Dominican drug traffickers?

A)Once they return to the Dominican Republic, they are protected by extradiction laws.
B)They usually only stay active in the drug trade for about two years.
C)They are prominent around the east coast of the U.S., especially New York City.
D)They are one of the least violent trafficking organizations worldwide.

Question 5

This group is one of the most rapidly expanding Caribbean gangs, the largest Dominican gang, and an extremely violent prison gang with members operating on American streets.

A)Trinidads
B)Tangos
C)Tuscaderos
D)Trinitarios

Question 6

The Zoe Pound consists of traffickers of this nationality.

A)Haitian
B)Dominican
C)Colombian
D)Mexican

Question 7

Which of the following is the largest Chinese gang operating worldwide?

A)Triads
B)Tongs
C)Tangos
D)Trinitarios

Question 8

After what 1989 event did the United States adopt a liberal policy in granting Chinese citizens "political asylum," which attracted a large number of Chinese immigrants to this country.

A)the fall of the Berlin Wall
B)the incident at Tiananmen Square
C)the Kunming Attack
D)the Xinjiang incident

Question 9

Canadian and United States law enforcement intelligence analysts report that this group, the largest of the mainland groups, has become the most active Asian criminal organization in the world.

A)Triads
B)Big Circle Boys
C)Tongs
D)Xinijang PRC

Question 10

Which is true about Yakuza organizations?

A)They lack diversity, much like the Italian Mafia, which prevents criminal justice organizations from investigating them.
B)They often lack a hierarchy of command, allowing individual city states to rule themselves.
C)They have failed to penetrate political corruption due to strict Yakuza beliefs associated with trust and truthfulness.
D)They are powerful actors in the legitimate economy.

Question 11

Most Yakuza criminal enterprises are based in which country?

A)Japan
B)China
C)Laos
D)United States

Question 12

Yamaguchi-Gumi-affiliated groups are particularly active in the crime of ___________.

A)drug smuggling
B)prostitution
C)murder for hire
D)gambling

Question 13

Which well-known terrorist was confirmed as a financier of heroin trafficking in Afghanistan?

A)Hamid Karzai
B)Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan
C)Osama bin Laden
D)Muammar Gaddafi

Question 14

Methamphetamine and heroin trafficking finances the efforts of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), which, at 20,000 members, is said to be the largest ethnic army in __________.

A)Myanmar
B)Laos
C)China
D)Japan

Question 15

Members of the _______ cartel reportedly made donations of food, medical care, schools, and other social services to benefit the poor in rural communities in order to project a populist "Robin Hood" image.

A)La Familia Michoacana
B)Los Zetas
C)Sinaloa
D)Gulf

Question 16

When President Calderón came to office in 2006, there were four dominant drug trafficking cartels; which of the following is NOT one of these four?

A)Sinaloa Cartel
B)Tijuana Cartel
C)Gulf Cartel
D)Fuentes Zetas

Question 17

This gang is thought to be one of the most aggressive and dangerous of the Sudanese street gangs.

A)The Lion Guard
B)The Sudanese Pirates
C)The African Legion
D)The African Pride

Question 18

This group was made up of former elite airborne special forces members of the Mexican army who defected to the Gulf Cartel and became its hired assassins.

A)Los Zetas Cartel
B)The Elite Flyers
C)Los Valientes volantes
D)Sinaloa cartel

Question 19

Under the leadership of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, this organization has utilized tunnels, catapults, submarines, go-fast boats, and semi-submersibles to smuggle drugs.

A)Tijuana Cartel
B)Sinaloa Cartel
C)Gulf Cartel
D)Rio Grande Cartel

Question 20

The southwest border of the United States is the main delivery zone for most of the illegal drugs smuggled into the country.

Question 21

Cocaine use has reached an all time high in 2013, increasing both in the United States and abroad.

Question 22

Mexico is the number-one foreign supplier of the marijuana abused in the United States.

Question 23

According to the text, the Los Zetas are undoubtedly more aggressive than other cartels and appear to use intimidation as a strategy to maintain control of territory.

Question 24

Somali gang presence has increased in several cities throughout the United States.

Question 25

Members of the United States military traveling in uniform are also frequently recruited by Nigerian traffickers.

Question 26

The Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the major wholesalers of illegal drugs in the United States and are increasingly gaining control of U.S. retail-level distribution.

Question 27

Recent data available indicates an increase in the prevalence of cannabis use in the United States.

Question 28

Global opium production reached only 5,550 tons in 2014, the second lowest level since the late 1930s.

Question 29

The United States has sought to assist Mexico in the ever-increasing drug violence by channeling aid, in the form of training and equipment, through this initiative:

A)French Connection
B)Mérida Initiative
C)Camorra Initiative
D)Operation Lone Wolf

Question 30

In 2000, with the election of this Mexican leader, Mexican cartels were no longer protected by political powers.

A)Vicente Fox
B)José Isidro Yañez
C)Pascual Ortiz Rubio
D)Miguel Alemán Valdés

Question 31

As the United States dismantled Colombian drug cartels and their routes of transportation, this group began to handle the smuggling of cocaine to the United States to assist the Colombians.

A)Mexican traffickers
B)The Tangos
C)The Outlanders
D)Merida Operatives

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a recognizable trend associated with cocaine after 2007?

A)The price per gram has increased.
B)Movement patterns for smuggling drugs to the United States have changed.
C)Cocaine purity declined.
D)The Calderón administration began working with the cartels to move product and reduce violence perpetrated by the cartels.

Question 33

In 2015, how many cartels did the United States DEA recognize as active in Mexico?

A)4
B)6
C)8
D)10

Question 34

Which cartel has infiltrated the Mexican law enforcement and judicial systems, and is directly involved in street-level trafficking within the United States?

A)Tijuana
B)MS-13
C)Juarez
D)Sinola

Question 35

What party was in political rule during the increase of the Mexican drug trade for nearly 71 years?

A)Institutional Revolutionary Party
B)Mexican Libertarian Party
C)Mexican Reform Party
D)The Juarez-Gomez Cartel