BA and others have already been fined in America and Europe for operating the cartel.

因为运营卡特尔，英国航空公司和其他航空公司此前在美国和欧洲已经被罚。

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It no longer exports oil and will officially drop out of the cartel at the year's end.

该国已经不再出口石油，并将于年底正式退出欧佩克。

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The cartel said just last week that it would meet in mid-November, after the United States elections.

这个卡特尔上周表示会在美国大选后的11月中旬召开会议。

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FBI Director Robert Mueller said the drug cartel has transformed itself into what he called a sophisticated criminal organization.

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Much of the new plan focuses on boosting intelligence to investigate and prosecute key cartel members, and to confiscate their money.

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U.S.officials say the heavily armed cartel often carries out murders, kidnappings and assaults to further its reach.

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OPEC's new president, then the cartel will cut production by 500, 000 barrels a day.

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There is also the question of whether the cartel will stick to whatever agreement it reaches.

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But the cartel's control of smuggling routes into the US is challenged by rival criminal gangs.

BBC: Mexico drug violence: Sinaloa shootout leaves 12 dead