Canada is becoming a hub for cartel-driven drug trafficking fueled by Mexican organized crime and Chinese precursor networks.

Project Puma, Canada’s largest drug bust, has exposed a massive transnational narco empire already deeply embedded across the country. Mexican cartels, outlaw gangs, organized crime, and Chinese chemical suppliers are behind a sophisticated network that funnels cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl through commercial trucks, hidden compartments, and reserve routes into Canadian cities. Investigators warn they have only scratched the surface: Canada is rapidly becoming both a cartel manufacturing hub and transit corridor. While borders stay weak and prosecutions lag, these networks are expanding faster than authorities can contain them.

For more on this, see: Manitoba’s Record Drug Bust Reveals a Snow Cartel Network Built to Outlast A Former Olympian — and Canada’s Failure to Stop It.