Someone commented earlier that there is "a lot of this in horse racing." At least the NY Times is calling attention to it and the prosecutors are going after these guys. And as always, I have to feel for the horses. Who knows what they have done to the horses that did not perform well enough for them?
Court documents unsealed yesterday provide details of how the Zetas took advantage of the poorly regulated equine industry to turn Tremor Enterprises into a kind of back office that allowed the cartel to launder an estimated $1 million in drug money each month. They also describe the ruthlessness with which the Trevino brothers conducted their business, using death threats to forces associates into falsifying documents and helping the Zetas move dirty money.
in horse racing, but any industry has holes in the way they do things. Money laundering isn't a new thing, the Mafia did it for years. Drugging horses does occur in all sports with horses, hence the rule books, and drug tests. Insurance coverage and fraud with horses has occurred for years as well. Big dollar horses go permanately lame, or have to be euthanized for premium payouts. For these folks, it isn't about the horses...
