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How Drug Smugglers Infiltrated a Global Shipping Giant
A cartel operating out of the Balkans is allegedly using container ships to send illicit drugs all over the globe.
Bloomberg Storylines: How a Balkan Drug Cartel Infiltrated Global Shipping
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When law enforcement found $1 billion worth of cocaine aboard the container ship Gayane in 2019, it kicked off a fight between the US and the world’s largest shipping carrier over drug trafficking.
On this episode of Bloomberg Storylines, we explain how a little-known drug cartel operating out of the Balkans has, according to US prosecutors, infiltrated crews for Mediterranean Shipping Co., using its massive container ships to send illicit drugs all over the globe.