How drug-money laundering actually works, according to a former undercover agent

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Robert Mazur tells the full story of his time as a government agent investigating drug-money laundering. Mazur went undercover for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service intelligence division, and the Customs Service. 

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says he loves 'burning the short-sellers' who bet against 'great companies' to fund their cocaine habits

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp.

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I trafficked $5 million worth of cocaine internationally — here's the full story of how I did it

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Pieter Tritton, a former cocaine smuggler, returns for a second interview with Business Insider about his experience trafficking drugs from South America to the United Kingdom.

Rapper Kodak Black, who Trump granted clemency in his final hours as president, was just arrested again

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Rapper Kodak Black performs onstage on Day 1 of the 2023 ONE MusicFest at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

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A railway worker was unfairly fired after accidentally drinking tea with cocaine in it, but won't get any compensation, a tribunal ruled

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A railway worker drank a herbal tea infused with cocaine to relieve indigestion.

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They started out as pioneering hip-hop moguls. They wound up running a drug empire.

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Mario Rosemond (center top) and his brother Jimmy (second from left) clawed their way from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the music industry.

Cocaine is about surpass oil as Colombia's top export as revenues near $20 billion

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Anti-narcotics and military police officers prepare for the incineration of more than 200 kilos of cocaine seized in southern Honduras near the border with Nicaragua, August 5, 2016.

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'Cocaine sharks' may be consuming drugs dumped off the coast of Florida, sending them a little crazy, scientists say

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A bull shark comes close to inspect a tourist's camera during an eco tourism shark dive off in Florida on May 5, 2022.
A bull shark comes close to inspect a tourist's camera during an eco tourism shark dive off in Florida on May 5, 2022.

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Major drug busts suggest Russia is becoming a hub for cocaine heading to Europe

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The Kremlin in Moscow.

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Cocaine production is at record-high levels, UN says, but drug interceptions mean that less is actually available on the streets

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A stock photo shows a bag of cocaine with lines of the drug.
A stock photo shows a bag of cocaine with lines of the drug.

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