Cartel (disambiguation)

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A cartel usually refers to a tight organization based on a formal agreement among commercial enterprises with conflicting interests. The term may also refer to:

Various cartels

• Cartel, adopted from Dutch language Kartel (electoral alliance), a public and formal electoral alliance between political parties (hence, cartel parties)
• Cartel party theory, evaluates influences among state and political parties (hence, cartel parties)
• Drug cartel, a drug trafficking organization (the article lists specific cartels)
• State cartel theory, addresses international relations formed by states (hence, cartel states)

Cartel may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Galindo cartel, a cartel that figured largely in Sons of Anarchy (season 4)

Film

• The Cartel (2010), a documentary film by Bob Bowdon that covers the failures of public education in the United States by focusing on New Jersey

Music

Groups and labels

• Cartel (band), an American pop rock band
• Cartel (rap group), a Turkish hip hop group
• The Cartel (record distributor), a network of record distributors in the UK

Albums

• Cartel (Cartel album), the band's self-titled album
• Cartel (hip hop album), a German 1995 compilation album

Other uses

• Cartel (ship), a vessel engaged in a humanitarian voyage, such as the exchange of prisoners
• The Cartel, a professional wrestling stable in the Global Wrestling Federation, in the 1990s

See also

• Cartell, an Irish vehicle checking company
• El Cartel (disambiguation)
• Kartel (disambiguation)
• Kartellen, Swedish gangsta-rap and hip hop formation