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Jun 2024

27m 20s

INTRODUCING: Cocaine Inc.

TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA

About this episode

Listen to episode 1 of our new series inside the global cocaine industry - where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders.

This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation.

Cocaine Inc. is hosted by Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at The Times, David Collins, northern editor at The Sunday Times, and Stephen Drill, national correspondent at News Corp Australia.

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