Cocaine Inc. (Pt 6) - Sunshine and Lollipops
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Drug money is carried out of the UK in suitcases carried by passengers travelling in luxury.
A cash mule tells David Collins about the brazen operation used to smuggle millions to Dubai.
This episode contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts.
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| 0:00.0 | My dreams, my retirement, my life. My Map is a range of ready-made funds managed by BlackRock, |
| 0:07.6 | making it easier for you to invest for the future you want, whatever that looks like. |
| 0:12.1 | Our funds use ETFs and index funds to keep costs low and are actively managed, |
| 0:17.1 | meaning the funds stay within their investment risk profiles. Plus, it really doesn't take much to |
| 0:22.1 | begin investing. Just get started and let the professionals do the rest. My future, my way, |
| 0:28.7 | my map. Ready when you are. Capital at risk, the value of investments and the income from them can fall |
| 0:34.3 | as well as rise and are not guaranteed. Investors may not get back the amount |
| 0:38.0 | originally invested. Diversification and asset allocation may not fully protect you from market risk. |
| 0:46.7 | Just a warning, this episode contains descriptions of suicidal thoughts. From what I've seen, |
| 0:53.6 | he had a very good lifestyle, expensive watches, nice places to live. |
| 0:57.9 | He certainly had a top of the range of Mercedes for the top of my head. |
| 1:01.1 | Travelled a lot, had use of his wife's families flat in London. |
| 1:05.3 | He's got no criminal record. |
| 1:06.6 | He's not known to law enforcement anywhere in the world prior to this. |
| 1:09.5 | So, you know, he had all of the |
| 1:11.4 | front of a successful legitimate businessman. I've relived this in my head over and over so many |
| 1:21.5 | times because it was just horrendous. It's 6am on a late spring morning in northern England. |
| 1:30.5 | The sun has already risen. |
| 1:32.8 | On the top floor of a terraced house, |
| 1:35.1 | a woman is peacefully asleep. |
| 1:37.5 | I was just on my own in bed. |
| 1:39.5 | I remember I didn't have any underwear on. |
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