Venezuela's Booming Drug Trade

U.S. sailors transfer 45 bales of cocaine confiscated from a Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat onto a Venezuelan navy ship in the Caribbean Sea last summer. By LCDR Jaesen Yerger, U.S. Navy

Venezuela Drug Trade Booms -- USA Today

MEXICO CITY — Shortly after Mother's Day in the African city of Monrovia, Liberia, drug smugglers gathered to plan massive cocaine shipments across the Atlantic Ocean, according to a recently unsealed U.S. indictment.

One 4-ton shipment was coming on a jetliner. Another ton and a half would cross on a propeller plane, tons more by ship. The shipments were bound for Russia, Europe and Ghana, with some eventually going to New York. But they were all coming from one place: Venezuela.

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My Comment: With Colombia cracking down on the drug trade, and Venezuela trending towards becoming a disorganized and dysfunctional state .... for drug exporters the choice is clear .... Venezuela is the place to go. Expect more arrests and interceptions as the economic and political situation in Venezuela continues to degrade.