Drug Smuggling: The Forbidden Book
Drug Smuggling: The Forbidden Book Drug Smuggling: The Forbidden Book
There is a big difference between drug smugglers and drugdealers. Few smugglers would ever consider being involved in thefinal stages of getting the contraband to the ultimate user, whilejust about all dealers would love to enter the high-profit world ofATTITUDECHAPTER 1the smuggler. Both groups take risks, but the smuggler operates ona much more technical plane, dealing with transport vehicles andhigh-tech equipment rather than street corners and customers.Drug-smuggling operations can be compared to small multinationalcompanies. Just because one person is successful importingbeer from Mexico doesn’t mean that it is going to work exactly thesame way if another person decides he wants to start a company toimport the same beer.It all comes down to people—finding the right people for theright jobs and doing it in a careful, back-channel way to minimizethe chance of law enforcement being contacted about the buddingconspiracy taking place. From source-country sellers and workersto pilots and boat captains to ground crews in the United States tovehicle drivers, safe-house baby-sitters, chiefs of sales, moneytransporters, and legal advisors, you can’t do multinational drugsmuggling without a lot of people being involved.However, drug smuggling is an amazingly profitable business,and where there is big money available there will always be risktakers who want to roll the dice. Some people are born lucky andcan win at the Las Vegas gambling tables even if they’ve had fifteendrinks and are playing footsie with the girl sitting next tothem. The question is, would that person do even better if he or
4 DRUG SMUGGLING 4she wasn’t drunk and partially distracted? Who knows, but Ibelieve that successful drug-smuggling endeavors are not a matterof luck, but rather a result of information gathering, planning, andthen execution.Even though the “forbidden” nature of drug-smuggling informationtransfer makes it difficult, the person who makes theeffort to find the answers to the questions he has about every littledetail of the mission will be the one who gives himself thebest odds of succeeding.Money is the sparkling lure that puts the thought of becominga drug smuggler in most people’s minds. Many people think thatmoney can solve all their problems and change their lives for thebetter. Nowhere does the opportunity exist to amass huge sums ofmoney more quickly than in the drug-smuggling business.However, if money is a person’s only motivation for gettinginvolved in illegal smuggling missions, then he would be muchbetter off heading to New York and getting involved in all thoseWall Street tricks.To take the risks of breaking laws, challenging Americandefenses, and possibly going to jail for years requires more incentivesthan making quick cash to buy a car, boat, or new wardrobe.This is where attitude is so important—outlaw attitude—and ifyou don’t think that the adventure, excitement, and challenge ofdrug smuggling rank right up there with the potential money, thenyou are in the wrong line of work.Adventure, excitement, challenge, and danger combined withthe possibility of a huge payday is a job description that only criminalactivity can provide. The F-15 fighter pilots shooting downIraqi MiGs during Operation Desert Storm got close to fulfillingthe job description, but they didn’t get paid upwards of $50,000for each successful mission they flew.If criminal activity is the heading under which one might findthe combination of excitement, danger, and money, then whenexpertise, skill, and handshake trust are thrown in, drug smugglingcan be seen as the niche where the outlaw personality canfind true happiness.Contrary to media hype, few drug smugglers carry weapons.The penetration of the United State’s borders is done with as much
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<strong>The</strong>re is a big difference between drug smugglers and drugdealers. Few smugglers would ever consider being involved in thefinal stages of getting the contraband to the ultimate user, whilejust about all dealers would love to enter the high-profit world ofATTITUDECHAPTER 1the smuggler. Both groups take risks, but the smuggler operates ona much more technical plane, dealing with transport vehicles andhigh-tech equipment rather than street corners and customers.<strong>Drug</strong>-smuggling operations can be compared to small multinationalcompanies. Just because one person is successful importingbeer from Mexico doesn’t mean that it is going to work exactly thesame way if another person decides he wants to start a company toimport the same beer.It all comes down to people—finding the right people for theright jobs and doing it in a careful, back-channel way to minimizethe chance of law enforcement being contacted about the buddingconspiracy taking place. From source-country sellers and workersto pilots and boat captains to ground crews in the United States tovehicle drivers, safe-house baby-sitters, chiefs of sales, moneytransporters, and legal advisors, you can’t do multinational drugsmuggling without a lot of people being involved.However, drug smuggling is an amazingly profitable business,and where there is big money available there will always be risktakers who want to roll the dice. Some people are born lucky andcan win at the Las Vegas gambling tables even if they’ve had fifteendrinks and are playing footsie with the girl sitting next tothem. <strong>The</strong> question is, would that person do even better if he or
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