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Certainly the Mexicans, according to a study done for the United
Nations, seem to have concentrated on the drugs business in a way that
might be expected to improve efficiency. Unlike other distributors,
they avoid diversifying into other sorts of crime. Joseph Fuentes, a
senior New Jersey policeman who has written a doctoral thesis on the
industry, explains that the Mexican distributors operate with great
professionalism, sometimes employing top managers with degrees in
business studies, and relying heavily on honour, credit and
collateral.  The recruitment process is very like that for IBM or Xerox,
he says--except that the drug distributors require detailed
information about the whereabouts of a prospective employee's parents,
spouse and children. 
		-- "Big Business", The Economist,
		   2001-07-26 
		   http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=708500

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