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A quarter of a million UK clubbers visit Ibiza every year. Since 1999 drug taking in this group has trebled. Dealers call this island White Paradise. Drugland III: Ibiza, BBC 2005
Since the major English nightclubs opened for business in Ibiza in the late ’80s the White Island has become a dream destination for Britain’s young clubbing fraternity. ibid.
106,056. MDMA crystals are a powerful form of ecstasy that’s sold in small bags of white powder. ibid.
‘The Ibiza 90 Event … The chance to go and play abroad was something that we’d been waiting for for years.’ A Short Film About Chilling, new arrival at airport, Channel 4 1990
‘I heard there are wired and intense clubs in Ibiza.’ ibid.
‘They rave fourteen nights in a row.’ ibid.
‘A nightclub that costs £30 to get in.’ ibid.
‘It’s a place of real extremes.’ ibid.
I was a drug dealer in Ibiza at 15. I did not excel in drug dealing – I was terrible at it. Golden rule with drug dealing – don’t get too enthusiastic with your own merchandise. Lily Allen
We found an island that really represented rave culture. Basically, it was freedom. Paul Oakenfold, cited The Agony & The Ecstasy, Sky Arts 2017
‘Ibiza can bring you to tell or to paradise.’ A Non-Stop Party: The Dark Side of Ibiza, Youtube short 19.07, Vice TV 2023
Ibiza is the world’s greatest party island … And with the clubbing comes drugs. Lots of drugs. In fact the island is saturated with drugs. ibid.
Where do the season workers’ drugs come from? … The Italian Mafia. ibid.
A criminal group competing with the Italians for a share of this lucrative drug market are the Moroccan street gangs. ibid.
And then it became the drugs capital of Europe. Ibiza Narcos I: Disorganised Crime, observer, Sky Documentaries 2024
You soon realised it can be quite dark. Gangsters, cartels, people big and strong enough to kick the fuck out of you. ibid.
A lot of hash smoking, a lot of acid being taken. ibid. early days
This was the start of the party island Ibiza was to become … The hippies were the ones who started the party scene. ibid.
Organised groups from France, England, Italy, they see a market, they come and take the market. ibid.
At the beginning the mafias were more hidden. ibid.
They started spending money in Ibiza in an exaggerated way … We are able to see that problems are coming. ibid.
People started talking about this new drug – ecstasy. ibid.
The police targeted the hippies originally, even though the professional crime groups had started to come in, because they were easy targets. ibid.
You could see by the way the clubs were developing, and the drugs scene was growing, that it was all gonna explode. Ibiza Narcos II: No Sleep Till Wednesday, observer
The rave scene was just about people who wanted to escape their lives. ibid.
Ibiza was the best place on earth to take party drugs. ibid.
People started to get greedy, and things started to change. ibid.
Before we all came, the island was this beautiful, lovely spot. We were the one who brought all of this club life to Ibiza. ibid.
Ibiza is a land of inconsistencies. As I kid I loved it. ibid.
None of these has been as dramatic, as drastic, and with devastating consequences as mass tourism. To arrive in the morning and see the rivers of vomit and urine in the streets. ibid. islander
It’s a pity because they were almost always young. ibid. Rozzer
I realised that I was damaging my mind. ibid. hardcore pill-taker
The more money you were making, the more cocaine you did. ibid. geezer
You come here, you are in paradise. Ibiza Narcos III: Giving It the Absolute Big ’Un, early club promoter
If you didn’t die, you had a story to tell next day. ibid.
Sometimes one bullet is better than twenty words. ibid. old-time gangster
Cocaine brought with it a new, colder type of criminal. ibid. journalist
Ibiza was a very loving place. But I never went nowhere without guns and knives. ibid. gangster