Maple syrup cartel (nonfiction)

The maple syrup cartel is either an exaggerated term for the maple syrup industry, or an actual term for a criminal element within the maple syrup industry.

Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist is an informal name for a months-long theft between 2011–12 of nearly 3,000 tons of maple syrup, valued at C$18.7 million from a storage facility in Quebec. The facility was operated by the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (French: Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec, FPAQ) who represent 77% of the global maple syrup supply, and have been compared to a cartel. Adjusted for inflation (2018) this heist was the most valuable in Canadian history.

• Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist @ Wikipedia

See also

• Canada’s Maple Syrup Cartel Puts The Squeeze On Small Producers

• Inside Quebec’s maple syrup cartel by Michael Moynihan (April 19 2017)

• Episode 3, Season 1 of "Battle Creek"