Bootlegging All Over the World: Illegal Brews from North Korea to Pakistan

The Underworld Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The term ‘rumrunning’ might be associated with Prohibition-era goons in the American Midwest. But bootlegging is alive and well today, and this week’s episode goes from Sean’s surprising discovery in western India, to a booze-inspired political execution in Pakistan, a Scot in Saudi shackles, homemade soju in Kuwait—and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	It's a balmy night in Ahmedabad, a city of around 6 million people in the Indian state of Gujarat,
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