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Drug Smuggling

Crime World

The Hunt for White October

Colombian traffickers have a new smuggling method of choice: specially designed submarines capable of carrying 10 tons of cocaine and covering 2,000 miles without refueling.

Frank Owen Maxim Apr 2009 15min Permalink

Crime

The Colombian Coke Sub

A former pilot of miniature cocaine-smuggling submarines tells his story.

Alexander Bühler Der Spiegel Dec 2010 10min Permalink

Crime Science World

The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine

How the bulk of the cocaine entering the U.S. ends up cut with a cattle dewormer.

Brendan Kiley The Stranger Aug 2010 15min Permalink

Crime

America’s Cocaine King

It took a desperate screenwriter to find Max Mermelstein, Miami’s former coke overlord, after twenty-five years in hiding.

Gus Garcia-Roberts LA Weekly May 2010 20min Permalink

Crime World

The Cocaine Coast

In nine hours, Guinea-Bissau’s President and military leader were assassinated in separate incidents. Their dealings had turned the country into the runway of choice for drug smugglers and Hezbollah.

Marco Vernaschi The Virginia Quarterly Review Jan 2010 20min Permalink

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