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Jun 2024
43m 52s

The Meth SuperCartels Destroying Tropica...

The Underworld Podcast
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For years the Pacific region, and its tiny, tropical nations, steered clear of the global meth and cocaine trade. But politics, war and wild profit margins have pushed ships and planes out from Latin America to Australia across a new ‘drug highway.’ The phenomenon is prompting mass murder, crippling governments, and creating a wave of addiction where none ex ... Show More
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