Authorities quoted the man as saying that the group was kidnapped by the Zetas, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal organizations, who demanded money from them.

警方引用此人的话说，受害者被墨西哥势力最强大的犯罪团伙Zetas劫持，被索要金钱。

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If crime of laundering can be effectively attacked, the lifeline of criminal organizations will be cut down so that rate of crime is bound to be decreased due to the high cost and risk for crimes.

有效打击洗钱犯罪，将可斩断犯罪组织存续的命脉，进而提高犯罪成本与风险，降低犯罪率。

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An array of organizations are now working to combat trafficking by building coalitions to reshape policies and change attitudes in the criminal-justice and social-welfare systems.

大批社会团体正通过建立起共同联盟重塑政策，改变司法和社保体系的态度，向人口赎卖宣战。

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Criminal organizations are competing for control of drug trafficking into the United States.

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Deputy Attorney General David Ogden says this is a proven strategy for dismantling criminal organizations.

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They should be putting in place procedures to insure that the weapons that they buy are not diverted to insurgent groups or illegal organizations, like drug trafficking gangs and other criminal cartels.

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Just use it as a show of prowess to other criminal organizations (in all seriousness).

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More leaders of criminal organizations have been brought to justice as a result, the report says.

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In essence, the Mexican criminal organizations have become the most powerful drug handlers in the entire Western Hemisphere.

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