The Crystal Meth Road

The Mexican Sinaloa cartel traffics highly addictive crystal meth from Chinese and Indian factories, to drug dealers across the globe. How do they successfully run such a complex illegal operation? Subscribe to Journeyman here: Crystal meth is a drug considered by some to be even more addictive than heroin. ’A crystal customer is a lifetime customer,’ explains one Swiss drug dealer, Marc. Though the drug often comes from Eastern Europe, many addicts around the world also get their supply thanks to the operations of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel. The synthetic drug is made in Mexico, then shipped around the globe. ’They’re dispatching it all over the world. They’re the world leaders for crystal sales,’ says Marc. To make meth, certain highly regulated ’precursor’ chemicals are required - these come from factories, such as those located in China. ’Yes, we have this type of product ... we bought