How the seizure of Europe’s largest heroin shipment created bloody fallout throughout the world—and sparked still-raging political corruption scandals in Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East.

The supply chains of the cocaine industry did not falter even during a worldwide shutdown.

How a bunch of Canadian hipsters wound up smuggling cocaine (and getting caught).

How two interior decorators took the fall for the Cali Cartel.

What happens when a great deal of cocaine suddenly washes up on the shores of a very small island.

The rise and fall of a chubby Idaho pizza delivery boy turned weed kingpin.

The Tarahumara became famous for running incredibly long distances. In recent years, cartels have exploited their talents by forcing them to ferry drugs into America. Now they’re running for their lives.

It started with a vague tip-off: a tug boat approaching the UK could be transporting cocaine. What followed was a race against the clock to find £500m in narcotics

When Randy Lanier sped to Rookie of the Year honors at the 1986 Indianapolis 500, few knew his racing credentials, let alone his status as one of the nation’s most prolific drug runners, smuggling in tons of marijuana when he wasn’t on the track. Now, after 27 years in prison, Lanier is looking to the road ahead.

How two high school wrestling teammates ended up on opposites side of the law during Miami’s cocaine wars.

What happened when a plane full of marijuana crashed in Yosemite Park.

The fight to extradite El Chapo.

He was arrested for pushing his three grandsons so hard on a Grand Canyon hike that rangers feared for their lives. Their account of the summer they spent with their youthful grandpa would include an uncanny understanding of marijuana strains and a stopover in Jamaica.

Following the money and the opium in Afghanistan.

How a Canadian used a Mohawk reservation’s lakes to smuggle tons of marijuana to stash houses in Brooklyn and Staten Island, resulting in nearly a billion in profits, which he laundered through the Sinaloa Cartel.

The story of a naïve fisherman, a boat headed for Spain and 1.5 tons of cocaine.

How Leo Sharp got busted.

An interview with a Mexican-born American attorney who defended and eventually smuggled for the cartels in the ’90s.

How Chicago is key to a business moving tons of drugs for billions of dollars.

The underground routes by which drugs enter the U.S. from Mexico, and the officials who’ve found it almost impossible to curb their construction.

How a Mexican drug cartel makes its billions.

A statistics-based argument that drug pricing, not drug use or law enformencement, is the only way to predict swings in violent crime rates.

An undercover report on Afghanistan’s drug-smuggling border police that is now heavily used for intelligence training.

Stuck between the Taliban and the U.S. Military, Afghanistan’s farmers risk their lives both when they grow, and when they refuse to grow, fields of poppies.