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Inside Australia’s cocaine trade

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The Emergence of the Coke Market

Between November and February this year, authorities seized about seven and a half tons of cocaine destined for our market. That's about three tons more than the previous annual record in just four months. So after the Anom app disrupted the major Aussie cartel, I wanted to find out who the big players were that basically filled the void in the market. And I managed to make contact with a guy we'll call Jason, who operates at the highest levels in a very small syndicate. He says that cocaine was once dominated by a handful of major players like that Aussie cartel. But these days it's completely fractured. And there's a huge number of smaller syndicates that are operating across Australia

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