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Kings of Cocaine by Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen

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Kings of Cocaine

Author
Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen
Narrator
Paul Woodson
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Publish Date
14 August 2018
Run Time
14 hours 41 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Jurisprudence and general issues, True crime, Organized crime, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, True crime: serial killers and murderers
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This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. In the 1980s they controlled more than fifty percent of the cocaine flowing into the United States. The cocaine trade is capitalism on overdrive—supply meeting demand on exponential levels. Here you'll find the story of how the modern cocaine business started and how it turned a ragtag group of hippies and sociopaths into regal kings as they stumbled from small-time suitcase smuggling to levels of unimaginable sophistication and daring. The $2 billion dollar system eventually became so complex that it required the manipulation of world leaders, corruption of revolutionary movements, and the worst kind of violence to protect.

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Author
Guy Gugliotta, Jeff Leen
Narrator
Paul Woodson
Duration
14 hours 41 minutes
Release Date
14 August 2018
ISBN
9781977380043
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Genre
Jurisprudence and general issues, True crime, Organized crime, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, True crime: serial killers and murderers

Synopsis

This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. In the 1980s they controlled more than fifty percent of the cocaine flowing into the United States. The cocaine trade is capitalism on overdrive—supply meeting demand on exponential levels. Here you'll find the story of how the modern cocaine business started and how it turned a ragtag group of hippies and sociopaths into regal kings as they stumbled from small-time suitcase smuggling to levels of unimaginable sophistication and daring. The $2 billion dollar system eventually became so complex that it required the manipulation of world leaders, corruption of revolutionary movements, and the worst kind of violence to protect.

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