List of famous drug smugglers
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This is a list of drug smugglers.
Drug dealers, opium traders, opium smugglers, drug runners and the like have grown rich, sometimes creating family dynasties, in the illicit trade of transporting drugs against the laws of 19th century China, 20th century Europe and the United States. They have often been located in trading port cities like Providence, Boston, Port Royal, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Canton, Medellín, and Panama City.
Some of the most famous drug dealers and drug financiers include:
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[edit] Individuals
- Schapelle Corby, Australian sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Indonesia in 2005.
- Edwin Adams Cotto, who died during riot in Dominican Republic, convicted along Laura Hernandez and others of drug smuggling.
- Rayful Edmond
- Pablo Escobar
- Tony Felloni and family, Dublin
- Thomas Blake Glover of Jardine Matheson
- Antônio Mota Graça
- Howqua of China
- Trent Miller of Minnesota
- William Jardine of Jardine Matheson
- George Jung
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.- Prohibition era alcohol smuggler.
- Khun Sa
- Carlos Lehder
- Anthony Loria Sr. Long Island, New York
- Howard Marks
- James Matheson of Jardine Matheson
- Bradley John Murdoch, was smuggling cannabis when Peter Falconio disappeared. Later convicted for the murder.
- Manuel Noriega
- Brian O'Dea
- Vincent Papa New York
- Salvatore Riina
- Rebecca Hallas
- Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
- Ralph Maling (Southeastern MA)
- Andrew C. Thornton II, formed "The Company" in Kentucky
- Curtis "Cocky" Warren, influential drug smuggler from England. The subject of a book entitled 'Cocky: The Rise and Fall of Curtis Warren, Britain's Biggest Drugs Baron.'
- Stacy Keach, Actor Prison Break
[edit] Groups
- Bali Nine
- Cabot family of China and Boston
- D-Company
- John Murray Forbes and Forbes family cousins of China and Boston
- Katz family of Israel
- Medellín Cartel
- Ochoa brothers
- CIA[citation needed]
- Perkins family of China and Boston
- Russell and Company, whose owner Samuel Russell endowed Skull and Bones
- Cali Cartel
- Dark Side Mafia
