Introducing - Cocaine Inc.

Coming on 9 June - 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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the end of the line. I'm just about
to go in knock on the door. Are the ten
million dollar house that is accused of being the proceeds
of crime.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Over the past year, I've been part of a team
investigating the global cocaine business.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
So you were part of a group that smuggled one
hundred million pounds out of the UK. How do you
reflect on moving that amount of money?

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Between us?

Speaker 4 (00:31):
We visited ten different cities in six countries, traveling over
fifty thousand kilometers, uncovering an industry where the profits are
counted up in millions and the losses measured out in murders,
where those in charge don't care about the human cost.

(00:52):
It's only business, and right now business is good.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
And I'm like, towards yourself, what are you talking about?
I'm down here in a narco tunnel.

Speaker 3 (01:09):
And I say to my guy for a give.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Then I think we can arrest our way out of this.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Just between you and me, Just between you and me. Literally,
some of the money might be from like drugs in
the UK.

Speaker 4 (01:28):
Are you worried about my safety?

Speaker 3 (01:30):
Of course, you are my guest. The first time I
saw the money, I felt like I was in a film.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
I couldn't believe how much it was, and I.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Thought, what have I got myself into.

Speaker 4 (01:46):
I'm Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at the Times, and this
is cocaine in.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
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