By 1990 Nigerian nationals (the majority of them Igbo) made up 30 per cent of all people imprisoned by British ports of entry for heroin smuggling, according to the Howard League for Penal Reform. ibid.
The snakeheads are smugglers, not traffickers. They do not, on the whole, fix up jobs in the country of destination – they get you there and then it is up to you. Victims of labour-trafficking are kidnapped or duped by traffickers in league with employers, who intend to enslave or coerce the migrant labourers. ibid.
Burma, the world's second-largest opium-growing region after Afghanistan – a significant part of the resistance to Burma’s foul military junta is financed by two less-than-salubrious trades: trafficking in heroin and trafficking in women. ibid.
The region in southern Fujian is called Da Shan (Big Mountain) and it is home to some of the biggest and more lucrative counterfeit factories in the world. These facilities, built deep into the mountain, produce millions of cigarettes a day. ibid.
Tung’s cigarette-smuggling enterprise alone ships between 20 and 50 40-foot container loads of international brand-name cigarettes each month ... Tung owns or controls three container ships, as many as seven ocean-going tankers, and an unknown number of other vehicles. ibid.
Ever since the collapse of Francoism, there had been two main centres for the import of cocaine into Europe: Spain and the Netherlands. Spain had been the entry point of choice for South American coke-smugglers as they cashed in on the habits of Europe’s yuppies during the boom years of the 1980s. ibid.
Her: Why do you smuggle?
Him: It keeps me out of mischief. The Quiet Woman 1951 starring Derek Bond & Jane Hylton & Dora Bryan & John Horsley & Harry Towb & Dianne Foster & Michael Balfour et al, director John Gilling
Africa’s European dream: for people-smugglers it’s a billion-pound business. Now, Europe’s under pressure to crack down but at what cost? And will the migrant crisis ever end? Panorama: Africa’s Billion Pound Migrant Trail, BBC 2017
The EU is spending tens of millions supporting the Libyan coastguard to stop more boats, board them and take them back to Libya. ibid.
Migrants pay about $1,500 for a place amongst its boats. ibid.
On a humid August night in 1987 two high-school seniors, Don Henry and Kevin Ives, while hiking in the woods of their nearby Southern community paid a terrible price for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The facts in the case indicate that the two boys happened upon a transaction of some kind involving a ring of long-time smugglers and billion-dollar drug profiteers. Phenomenon: The Lost Archives s1e4: American Midnight
Dr Malak failed to notice clear evidence of beating marks and a stab wound. ibid.
Two years of botched investigations, blatant lies, false autopsies and cover ups. ibid.
In the 1980s The most notorious drug smuggler in America was Barry Seal … recruited by the CIA … He amasses a fleet of aeroplanes with a network of pilots and mechanics. ibid.
Are there any dope smokers here today? Mr Nice 2010 starring Rhys Ifans & Chloe Sevigny & Jack Huston & Crispin Glover & David Thewlis & Omid Djalili & Elsa Pataky & Andrew Tiernan & Jamie Harris & Christian McKay & Ken Russell et al, director Bernard Rose, opening scene
I didn’t set out to be a dope dealer. It’s not something I’m proud of. ibid.
I had gone straight just as the rest of the country had started to swing. ibid.
Every time I cross the border I get a religious flash and an asexual orgasm. ibid.
I was now being pursued by the IRA, the DEA, Customs & Excise, the police and the press. ibid.
I was to become Mr Nice. Three days later five hundred kilos of Afghan black – some of the best hashish in the world – was flown from Kabul via Frankfurt and Shannon to New York. It was being smoked in Greenwich Village the next day. I was very rich. ibid.
You’re smuggling cigars. You have an interesting file, Barry. American Made 2017 starring Tom Cruise & Sarah Wright & Domhnall Gleeson & Alejandro Edda & Benito Martinez & Mauricio Mejia & Jayma Mays & Jesse Plemons & Lola Kirke & Frank Licari & Jed Rees & Caleb Landry Jones et al, director Doug Liman,, CIA bloke to Barry Seal
The CIA wanted snaps of them insurgents. ibid. Barry
Turns out the Contras didn’t really wanna fight a war. They just wanted to make money like the rest of us. Meanwhile, the Medellin cartel wanted guns. So they worked out a little trade. ibid.
The face of Britain’s drug dealers is changing. Kids as young as 8 are now being groomed to traffick drugs up and down the country. These young kids are easy targets. Children being used in drug dealing is far far more common. It’s a dangerous business that’s leading to extreme violence that’s spilling out on to our streets. 8 Years Old & Smuggling Drugs, Channel 5 2018
In 2015 an estimated 181 urban gangs sent more than 800 young people to market towns and coastal areas to deal drugs. bid.
With this [Patrick Swayze’s personal model train]. We’re gonna run a track through the woods and across the border and load the weed on to the freight carts. It’s going to be easy. Trailer Park Boys s7e5: The Mustard Tiger
Escobar is wanted by American authorities for his alleged role in smuggling thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States. Dope s1e1: In This Business You Have No Friends Only Enemies, news, Netflix 2018
Pablo Escobar was the first to use the Caribbean to traffic cocaine into the USA. Now with US demand for cocaine soaring, trafficking through the Caribbean is exploding once again. ibid. captions
The amount of cocaine seized by customs in Florida rose by 61% in 2016. ibid.
In 2016 smugglers shipped up to 120 tons of cocaine into the Dominican Republic. ibid.
A kilo of cocaine in the Dominican Republic: $10,000. ibid.
In 2016 AMO seized 37,627 lbs of cocaine in Puerto Rico and surrounding waters. ibid.
Puerto Rico has been used as a stepping stone for cocaine headed to the US mainland for decades. ibid.
Indiana: Where Bible Belt meets Corn Belt the living dead are walking. Home-brewed meth has hooked a generation. But a super-meth has hit the streets: Crystal. And the cops are bracing themselves for the apocalypse. Dope s1e2: You’re Too Innocent For This Game
Shake n Bake lab: home-cooked in sealed bottles; Nazi lab: home-cooked in open container. ibid.
Detroit: famed for its downtown raves. Home to a multi-million dollar trade in party drugs. And the scene of a feeding frenzy among dealers. Dope s1e3: I’m Gonna Get Me That White People Money
One E-pill should contain around 0.1 grams of MDMA … On the East Side E-pills have a reputation for patchy quality. ibid.
Up to 60% of E-pills contain no MDMA at all. ibid.
One of the largest heroin hubs in the US. Gangs are moving in and taking over. Bringing violence and a deadly new opioid to the streets of Atlanta. Dope s1e4: Feeling Rather Groovy Like a $2 Movie
The boom in Atlanta’s drug trade has caused a spike in violent crime. ibid.
There’s one product that’s always more lucrative than any other: heroin. ibid.
Bloods in other cities have started cutting their low-grade product with a deadly opioid – Fentanyl. ibid.
Fentanyl deaths are up 540% in the last three years. ibid.
Overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50. ibid.
In Oakland, California, a drug war is raging. Sheriffs and dealers are locked in a daily struggle. The reason … cocaine. Dope s2e1: America’s Cup of Coffee, Netflix 2018
The city’s downtown is on the up. Dot.com companies are moving in, bringing workers with expensive tastes. New bars and clubs are opening up. ibid.
Cocaine use in the US is at a 10-year high. ibid.
Baltimore: the heroin capital of America. In 2015 Freddie Gray died in police custody sparking riots across the city. Looters raided dozens of pharmacies hunting for synthetic opioids. Two years on, an overdose epidemic is raging. Dope s2e2: Once You See It, You Can Never Unsee It
Fentanyl is the new killer ingredient that’s responsible for America’s current overdose epidemic … The addition of Fentanyl effectively hides the other cheap chemicals he uses to bulk out the raw heroin. ibid.
80% of heroin users become addicted through the use of opiates. ibid.
In 2016 over 600 people died of drug overdoses in Baltimore, double the murder rate. ibid.
Carfentanyl is an elephant tranquillizer. ibid.