North East Cartel
 A common tattoo among members of the North East Cartel. | |
| Founded | 1940s |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Yuden Erucua |
| Founding location | Karazawa, Este Pais |
| Years active | 1940s–present |
| Territory | Este Pais; Oelia in general |
| Ethnicity | Oelo-Karazawi and Karazawi |
| Membership (est.) | 10,000 |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking weapon traficking smuggling gambling murder loan sharking extortion racketeering money laundering fencing burglary prostitution theft fraud human traficking |
| Allies | Mountains Nations |
| Rivals | The Families Pact; Lazarene Cartel |
The North-East Cartel also known as the Border Hoppers or just Hoppers is an international drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime syndicate. It was established in the 40s, it has its roots in multiple self-defense organizations and cliques local to the Este Pais, especially from the Kiridan mountains. Despite being older than most of its concurrents, the NE Cartel has been late to modernize but managed to take control of all traffics and smuggling at the Oelian-Karazawi border.
The NE Cartel is currently at war with the Families Pact and is the leader of its own alliance, the Mountains Nations. Other members of this alliance are generally enemies or the Rivarra Family or traitors to the “Pact”, such as the Hiussapi United Nations or the Kiridan Federation. The Mountains Nations operate in Este Pais, and contest the Hiussapi and parts of Chichimecta to the Rivarra Family.
The Cartel possess strong ties with the Oelia criminal underworld and it is supposed that the Movement of National Preservation used explosives and weapons they bought from the North East Cartel during the 2018 Wéppy bombing.