Over $100 million Seized in Fashion District Raids Linked to Mexican Cartel Money Laundering: High fashion. Violent drug cartels. International kidnappings. Hundreds of millions of dollars. It sounds like the outline for a Hollywood movie script, but it played out in real life on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, as law enforcement officials conducted raids on dozens of businesses in the Fashion District in connection with an elaborate international scheme to launder money for Mexican drug cartels. In all, search warrants were executed at over 70 businesses, as well as the residences of several people involved, nine people were arrested, over $100 million was seized, and indictments were issued in three separate cases with more potentially on the way.
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