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This is a list of drug smugglers. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... These lollipops, above, were found to contain heroin when inspected by the US Drug Enforcement Administration In jurisdictions where legislation restricts or prohibits the sale of certain popular drugs, it is common for an illegal drugs trade to develop. ...

Drug dealers, opium traders, opium smugglers, drug runners and the like have grown rich, sometimes creating family dynasties, in the illicit trade of transporting drugs against the laws of 19th century China, 20th century Europe and the United States. They have often been located in trading port cities like Providence, Boston, Port Royal, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Canton, Medellín, and Panama City. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City, The Divine City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Government  - Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area  - City  20. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ... Port-Royal was a Cistercian convent in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris that launched a number of culturally important institutions. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... There are multiple Cantons in China Canton City : Guangzhou Canton Province : Guangdong This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nickname: The City of Everlasting Spring, Mountains Capital, City Of The Flowers, Orchids Capital, Beautiful Village, Little Silver Cup, Medallo Coordinates: Departamento Antioquia Region Valle de Aburrá Government  - Mayor Sergio Fajardo Valderrama Area  - City 382 km²  (147. ... Panama City (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá), population 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000 is the capital of Panama, located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at . ...

Some of the most famous drug dealers and drug financiers include:

Individuals

• Schapelle Corby, Australian sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Indonesia in 2005.
• Edwin Adams Cotto, who died during riot in Dominican Republic, convicted along Laura Hernandez and others of drug smuggling.
• Rayful Edmond
• Pablo Escobar
• Tony Felloni and family, Dublin
• Thomas Blake Glover of Jardine Matheson
• Antônio Mota Graça
• Howqua of China
• Trent Miller of Minnesota
• William Jardine of Jardine Matheson
• George Jung
• Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.- Prohibition era alcohol smuggler.
• Khun Sa
• Carlos Lehder
• Anthony Loria Sr. Long Island, New York
• Howard Marks
• James Matheson of Jardine Matheson
• Bradley John Murdoch, was smuggling cannabis when Peter Falconio disappeared. Later convicted for the murder.
• Manuel Noriega
• Brian O'Dea
• Vincent Papa New York
• Salvatore Riina
• Rebecca Hallas
• Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
• Ralph Maling (Southeastern MA)
• Andrew C. Thornton II, formed "The Company" in Kentucky
• Curtis "Cocky" Warren, influential drug smuggler from England. The subject of a book entitled 'Cocky: The Rise and Fall of Curtis Warren, Britain's Biggest Drugs Baron.'
• Stacy Keach, Actor Prison Break

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Groups

• Bali Nine
• Cabot family of China and Boston
• D-Company
• John Murray Forbes and Forbes family cousins of China and Boston
• Katz family of Israel
• Medellín Cartel
• Ochoa brothers
• CIA^{[citation needed]}
• Perkins family of China and Boston
• Russell and Company, whose owner Samuel Russell endowed Skull and Bones
• Cali Cartel

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See also

• Illegal drug trade
• Drug lord
• Drug mule

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