THEY are beautiful, rich... and absolutely ruthless.

Often as fearsome as their male counterparts, the world's cartel queens live by one simple rule: 'Do or die' - embarking on reigns of terror to smuggle heroin across the globe, plot brazen prison breaks and even grisly assassinations.

While there is no clear-cut criminal blueprint for flashy molls like Emma Coronel Aispuro , the wife of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo' , psychologist Dannielle Haig explains that certain personality traits and other factors can lead a person into the world of crime.

She believes the public is often "more shocked" by female offending because women are seen as "mothers, daughters and sisters, who are meant to be lovely, kind and maternal".

"But it's the same for women as it is with men, the

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