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During the disco era, some bars in Miami had mirrors on their countertops. It was not about the ability to quickly fix the flashy make-up fashionable at the time or teased hairstyles. The waiters poured lines of cocaine on them, which were then sucked in by the guests. In the times of the oil crisis that hit the American economy in the 1970s, the trade in "snow" saved Miami.
Dealers fueled the market by buying expensive cars (the demand was so great that you had to sign up for a waiting list for another new Porsche or Mercedes) or by investing in expensive boats and real estate. Where's the cash for all of this? By smuggling and nodding "competition," as customs, the FBI, and the coast guard called them. They used a lot of tricks to keep from falling. Here are some of them .
The nice old man is Jon Roberts, one of the Cocaine Cowboys who flooded the streets of Miami with tons of drugs. We present his advice in his memoirs ("A real gangster", Znak 2012) today.
1. Take care of Human Resources
Firstly, whenever possible, have policemen in your pocket, preferably the entire station. Jon Roberts, the hero of the autobiographical book "The Real Gangster" and a professional cocaine smuggler he took it very seriously. He paid the North Bay Village law enforcement officers. Their post was right on the water and they even had their own dock.
The perfect place to unload your parcels with the purest Colombian cocaine! In addition, men in uniform provided full service. Not only did the gangsters find a safe haven there, but the policemen themselves smuggled drugs into ... their police cars and transported them to their destination.
Even more absurdly, there were two very different establishments in the immediate vicinity. Place for Steak, mafia's favorite, on the one hand, and the Miami office of NBC News on the other. If only journalists realized they had Pulitzer material right under their noses! Instead, they unknowingly passed in transmission cars right next to sell-out cops packing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into police cars.
Every drug lord must have the local police in his pocket (source:public domain).
2. Be discreet
Second:your face and identity are your treasure, so don't brag about them too much. If you are arrested, someone may want to betray you in exchange for your freedom. Jon Roberts developed a simple strategy. The people who dealt drugs for him didn't meet at all.
They packed their money and drugs into cars and left their keys in the toilet of some popular restaurant. There was a switch and they were returning with other machines. From the outside, it didn't look like some dirty business, and families with children could hardly figure out that someone was exchanging cocaine for cash right next to them.
We'll learn what to do third, fourth and next from Mickey Munday. The series MacGyver could tie his laces. And who is this namesake of a famous mouse? Obviously a friend of Roberts, and meeting them was really fun. Jon recalled:
Mickey immediately wanted me to crawl on the ground with him so that he could show me what engines he had fitted to Max's car. He ended up trying to teach me a lesson in the history of internal combustion engines from the dawn of time. This guy pissed me off. He was like a provincial professor. But it intrigued me.
This is MacGyver among the smugglers, Mickey Monday. Jon Roberts said, "Even though he spoke like a good American boy, Mickey had a wicked mind." Still from the movie "Cocaine Cowboys".
Out of this intrigue was born a multi-billion dollar collaboration in shipping the Medellín Cartel cocaine from Colombia into the United States. However, one thing must be emphasized right away. Mickey did not support drugs and did not use them, and smuggled them for money and for the fun of outsmarting "competition." But let's go back to our little guide…
3. Watch the logistics
Third, logistics, and logistics. If it is neglected, the set-up is bricked. Everything has to be carefully planned. If you are carrying cocaine by plane, don't go to just one airport. There can always be a breakdown or control of "competition". Remember to communicate.
In the days of Mickey and Jon, two-way radios were in use, but they were unreliable. Mickey was so preventive that he gave his team not one, not two, but three radios. Additionally, he trained her in the Morse code and equipped her with flashlights - just in case.
4. Go fishing
Fourth:observation. Be like a crouching tiger and a hidden dragon. Don't show that you work in the Cartel. Do you like fishing? It's great! Take a boat, fishing rods and a beer cooler. However, don't forget about sturdy binoculars and a radio. With such a camouflage you can easily swim right under the nose of the "competition", watch its activities and pass it on.
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Or find a girl who looks like a million dollars, rent her a beautiful penthouse in a building where the rich keep their lovers (preferably one with a view of the entrance to the coast guard bay), and give large binoculars to watch the competition do. ". Pay her to live there and watch. Nobody will know.
5. Listen to the radio
In addition to tracking the activities of observers on land, it is also worth taking care of audio. It's best to eavesdrop on non-stop. The FBI guys like to chat about the details of the action on the radio. Find someone who will get information about frequencies for you, organize a listening room and… listen. Record everything by the way, and then watch the press conferences of sad men in suits. And when they seriously say they are starting Operation Cobra (or some other terrible animal), check out what the talkative FBI boys were unknowingly singing to you over the radio about the details. Easy!
6. Take care of your image
Sixth:covers. And it is best so well endowed by Mother Nature. Drugs were transported by airplanes, but the relevant services would quickly notice that the company has no real customers and is only carrying mysterious packages. That's why Mickey officially took care of the charter flights from Miami to the Bahamas and not any drugs.
Hundreds of kilos of drugs, millions of dollars, guns and a smile on your face. Do you want to make a fortune? Become a cocaine cowboy! The frame comes from the movie "Cocaine Cowboys". Hundreds of kilos of drugs, millions of dollars, a gun and a smile on your face. Do you want to make a fortune? Become a cocaine cowboy!
Specially selected girls were taken on board - the aforementioned covers. There was no shortage of people willing:palm trees, sandy beaches and azure bays, and a bit of money for going on vacation! Mickey and the pilot dressed up in beautiful uniforms, put "covers" to an elegant and expensive hotel, and for several days they smuggled drugs. Then they thoroughly washed and cleaned the plane, put on their beautiful uniforms, and as if nothing had happened, they returned to Miami.
7. Go on vacation sometimes
Seventh:keep your head down. It's a golden rule. After all, every now and then the "competition" organizes really big manhunts. It would be stupid to just drop by. Jon and Mickey always preferred to pause for a few days on major operations. Paradoxically, the actions of the federal services helped them in their interest.
As "competition" picked up other smugglers, the demand for cocaine from the Medellín Cartel grew, and so did the price. In addition, there was also a completely prosaic element ... after the great manhunt for bad smugglers, "competition" exhausted the limit of overtime for employees and the supply of additional fuel. Jon and Mickey knew they would have peace of mind and a safe route from Colombia to the US for a while.
8. Remember about professional development
Eighth and last:you always have to be better. No matter by what miracle you do it, your boats, cars and planes must always be safe, reliable and better than the "competition" equipment. The men in uniform may fail once, twice, ten and another, and yet in the evening they will come home, eat dinner and find that tomorrow is also daytime. Once your leg collapses, one time is enough. You have to be smarter, because the only alternative is to watch the plaid world - the prison one.
Sources:
Jon Roberts, Evan Wright, A Real Gangster , Znak Literanova, Krakow 2012.