Back بارون مخدرات Arabic Drogenbaron German Βαρόνος ναρκωτικών Greek قاچاقچی موادمخدر Persian Baron de la drogue French Raja narkoba ID Signore della droga Italian 마약왕 Korean Narkobaronas Lithuanian Raja dadah Malay
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A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin, or lord of drugs is a type of crime boss in charge of a drug trafficking network, organization, or enterprise.
Such lords are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly in possession of something illegal but are insulated from the actual trade in drugs by several layers of staff. The prosecution of drug lords is therefore usually the result of carefully planned infiltration into their networks, often using informants from within the organizations.
When a group of independent drug lords collude with each other, in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade, they form an organization called a drug cartel.