A cocaine-lined shipwreck and busting the lucrative drug route in the Pacific | 60 Minutes Australia

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In this 2014 story, 60 Minutes goes inside the multi-billion dollar cocaine war, that stretches all the way from South America to Australia. In the past 3 years, our Federal Police have intercepted nearly two tonnes of cocaine on the lucrative Pacific route. Small yachts are loaded up with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the illegal drug on the coast of Ecuador, before making the long journey here. The innocent-looking yachties breeze into our eastern waters, mostly undetected, before offloading their cargo to local dealers. Tara Brown tracks the smugglers from South America to Vanuatu and Tonga, where a boat holding 200 kilos of cocaine and a rapidly decomposing corpse was discovered shipwrecked on a remote island reef.
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  • @SusanaGomez-mp8sk
    @SusanaGomez-mp8sk9 ай бұрын

    Cocaine 7 years addict .Psilocybin containing mushrooms treatment actually saved my life honestly from addiction to cocaine and severe depression. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

  • @laurj09

    @laurj09

    9 ай бұрын

    I've been looking to try shrooms for depression, just very difficult to get a reliable source here in Germany. Really need!

  • @BrownGeorge-pw2xo

    @BrownGeorge-pw2xo

    9 ай бұрын

    they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus.

  • @Wimruther-hk4zn

    @Wimruther-hk4zn

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes he's Dr.benshrooms.Lsd and psilocybin are amazing teachers along its dmt mah dudes have safe trips all. Shrooms are blessings from nature.

  • @rosemary8305

    @rosemary8305

    9 ай бұрын

    How do I reach out to him ? Is he on insta

  • @DonnHowes

    @DonnHowes

    9 ай бұрын

    Sure, Dr.benshrooms. my first shrooms trip was really awesome. It felt like I was deep into the sea.

  • @real_MacrocosM
    @real_MacrocosM11 ай бұрын

    Every time I hear about random massive cocaine busts near me I always think 'Why doesn't this happen to ME??' Why can't one of these yachts run aground near MY boat ramp? 😭 It's so unfair.

  • @selwyn500

    @selwyn500

    11 ай бұрын

    Why do you wish for that?

  • @_S0urR0ses_

    @_S0urR0ses_

    11 ай бұрын

    I had a friend years ago that was like 16 years old at the time that was surfing one day on a small beach not very populated in my area during the cold months and you can drive on. Huge packages of cocaine started washing up on shore and he was loading his van up but got pulled over a couple miles past the gates. He ended up on the front page of the news. About 20 years later I met the man who owned the shrimp boat the dope came off of. I was dating his nephew at the time. It was a small world back in the day growing up in a small beach town in Florida. Those were the days!!

  • @benplasier346

    @benplasier346

    11 ай бұрын

    HAHAHA🤣

  • @nedmartlew5277

    @nedmartlew5277

    11 ай бұрын

    Hahaha I love it and feel the same....

  • @HeavilyCensoredKitty

    @HeavilyCensoredKitty

    11 ай бұрын

    Heartwarming to see actual cocaine instead of the crappy fentanyl.

  • @jfinney225
    @jfinney22511 ай бұрын

    i absolutely LOVE that she just leaned in to that cops vehicle and said "we just wanna talk to him about cocaine" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @seansmith9435

    @seansmith9435

    9 ай бұрын

    Nek minit get drop haha

  • @andrewclark7559

    @andrewclark7559

    5 ай бұрын

    That cop hates that he has to protect that crooked rich scumbag.

  • @mistypardue6148

    @mistypardue6148

    4 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bensmith372

    @bensmith372

    3 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣❤️🙌👏👏

  • @lakiyoko
    @lakiyoko11 ай бұрын

    “we just want to talk to him about cocaine” 😂 love tarra brown 🤍

  • @toketwo

    @toketwo

    11 ай бұрын

    The Cop was struggling too... "ugghhhhh....?" Either the coke Took over him, or he was about to make a Deal

  • @edwardh1591
    @edwardh159111 ай бұрын

    I’m from the USA and I like 60 minutes Australia because you report actual news. You are what journalists should be. I wish you luck on your drug problem. Unfortunately as long as there is a demand the drugs will always pour into the country just like in the USA.

  • @mikeypiros6647

    @mikeypiros6647

    11 ай бұрын

    Stop bootlicking... for likes...

  • @UncleBuZ

    @UncleBuZ

    11 ай бұрын

    If you're getting your "actual news" from here lmao... you're just as informed as the rest of the sheep in the USSA

  • @nuggetella

    @nuggetella

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@mikeypiros6647 🤦‍♂️

  • @nuggetella

    @nuggetella

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree, there's been talk of complete control over the drug trade all my life, it's been around for centuries... They'll never ever stop it unless they 100% lock down our whole society all the time, only than will it become more restricted though never eradicated, there's plenty of seeds in circulation. Best chance is through responsible use & education, why leave drugs exclusively for Pharma billionaire's..?

  • @marshferguson4737

    @marshferguson4737

    11 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I'm in Canada, and they don't tell us stuff like this on the news. Now I understand why all those people cross the Darian gap. I would too!

  • @angelalapiene-kurz2855
    @angelalapiene-kurz285511 ай бұрын

    Thank you Tara Brown and 60min Australia. You're a great example of real reporting. I'm an American.

  • @mikeypiros6647

    @mikeypiros6647

    11 ай бұрын

    Stop the bootlicking...

  • @UncleBuZ

    @UncleBuZ

    11 ай бұрын

    "I'm an American" Not everyone is perfect.

  • @2464hellen

    @2464hellen

    11 ай бұрын

    Was it necessary to mention where you're from?

  • @peaceman9706

    @peaceman9706

    11 ай бұрын

    like i give a shit if ur american

  • @stevemoore-nx8cq

    @stevemoore-nx8cq

    11 ай бұрын

    I’m also American and think Australia's 60 minutes is way more interesting than americas.

  • @jnielsen90
    @jnielsen9011 ай бұрын

    I absolutely adore you're straight out blunt asking or saying something that no one else will, "We just wanted to ask him about Cocaine" to the Police officer, and not taking any shit from the muscle who came out to intimidate you too. Love you're tenacity ;)

  • @441rider

    @441rider

    11 ай бұрын

    So funny when she said to police guy I want to talk to him about cocaine. LOL!

  • @jnielsen90

    @jnielsen90

    11 ай бұрын

    @@441rider Yea, I cracked up too

  • @441rider

    @441rider

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jnielsen90 Ya soon tourists can actually ask police in Canada where to score dope and get directions for more than pot. Vancouver is bizarro world now.

  • @jnielsen90

    @jnielsen90

    11 ай бұрын

    @@441rider Well it's not illegal to ask Police for directions to anywhere...they don't have to provide them, but it's not illegal to ask....it's stupid, but not illegal. I live in Victoria just a ferry ride from Vancouver and I've lived here my whole life and Vancouver is no different then it always has been. It's a port that most illrgal narcotics are smuggled into Canada through so naturally it will have a higher amount of drug use and drug violence then other major cities. I still feel safer in Vancouver where less gun violence and shootings occur in a single year then it does in most American states in a single month. Even in Vancouver I have never felt the need to arm myself or have a weapon to feel safe. In any American city I can't say the same thing. So I see America as a bizarro World, not anywhere in Canada. Also our health care system recognizes addiction as a disease and not just a criminal act of being an addict and so anyone can seek medical assistance for their drug addictions without fear of ending up in a jail cell instead of a treatment facility like in the USA. Alsi our medical system must provide funding for drug rehab and addiction where as American Insurance providers can and will choose not to provide coverage for addictions.....leading to so many being incarcerated and in jail for simple possessions of drugs like the USA's jails are filled with right now. We perfer to get them help if they want it rather then stigmatize them as criminals and arrest and jail them for it

  • @Jackson_Roch

    @Jackson_Roch

    10 ай бұрын

    She IS the moment! ❤

  • @wilson5377
    @wilson537711 ай бұрын

    Top Rate Journalism from 60 Minutes Australia, as always!👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @bwvids1168
    @bwvids116811 ай бұрын

    Imagine having the police called on you and saying to them "we were just wanting to talk about cocaine" as if that should be fine

  • @kassinamcclary9174

    @kassinamcclary9174

    11 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @mariej6962

    @mariej6962

    11 ай бұрын

    His response was equally weird 😅😅

  • @shoutitallloud

    @shoutitallloud

    11 ай бұрын

    Press "1" for price information, Press "2" if you would like to know the side effects. If you would like to make an order press "0" or wait for operator.

  • @matt01506
    @matt0150611 ай бұрын

    How refreshing to watch a real journalist doing real journalism. Im from britain and our MSM has become a pathetic joke that's little more than a political platform for the progressives. I will be watching your back catalogue of episodes with great interest.

  • @mikeypiros6647

    @mikeypiros6647

    11 ай бұрын

    Stop bootlicking cause this is MSM,in case you didn't notice..

  • @stephanielloyd4053

    @stephanielloyd4053

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm from the UK and I've been watching 60 mins Australia for a few years now, they are really good 👍

  • @stereodreamer23

    @stereodreamer23

    11 ай бұрын

    It's amazing that a government as oppressive and hostile to Civil Rights as Australia allows this kind of journalism to happen. I imagine it's just a matter of time before REAL journalists like this end up in "reeducation camps", or get framed for some weird, random crime and locked up...

  • @MrBibi86

    @MrBibi86

    11 ай бұрын

    who needs progress? lol

  • @lobomorunga1
    @lobomorunga111 ай бұрын

    "if it wasn't foul p[lay, how might he have died?". What a brillliant interviewer!!

  • @khenglim
    @khenglim11 ай бұрын

    Brilliant coverage by Tara Brown, my favorite host on 60 Minutes Australia. Love all the programs and even more so now that comments are open to viewers. Well Done 60 Minutes Australia!

  • @mariahewitt9787
    @mariahewitt978711 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised 60MINUTED Australia has the comment section on! Usually they don't.

  • @MA-fg5hz

    @MA-fg5hz

    11 ай бұрын

    Shocked! 1st time I've seen this open.

  • @bubzilla6137

    @bubzilla6137

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@MA-fg5hzThis is the second one they've opened. The first was a 40+year old episode about Bob Marley from 1981, shortly after he died.

  • @richyrich3170

    @richyrich3170

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@bubzilla6137actually its the third lately.. they had comments open on the Chinese police stations in Australia etc.. makes me wonder why 😏

  • @bubzilla6137

    @bubzilla6137

    11 ай бұрын

    @@richyrich3170 Oh, I missed that one. Haha! Yeah, I'm quite curious why they're suddenly on too. 🧐🤔

  • @wildnfree101

    @wildnfree101

    11 ай бұрын

    They probably did not realise.

  • @TOMVUTHEPIMP
    @TOMVUTHEPIMP11 ай бұрын

    My friend was a sailor who did two runs from Peru to Australia in the 1990s. He made $17 million tax free. Before that he was making $25K a year repairing sails for a sail loft on St Thomas.

  • @ballistic350

    @ballistic350

    10 ай бұрын

    Smart man

  • @fijianfalaa28

    @fijianfalaa28

    10 ай бұрын

    High risk High reward

  • @paulgrimm6317

    @paulgrimm6317

    9 ай бұрын

    That’s probably how much tRump made with all his illegal scams and donations he got in less than 6 months if not more ..lol

  • @alicecapone2167

    @alicecapone2167

    8 ай бұрын

    And money laundry was almost unheard of .... Ur friend also not a greedy one and knew when to stop. Hope he turned the money into something good for his family generation .....

  • @jsmith8646

    @jsmith8646

    Ай бұрын

    Bullshit🤣

  • @seanacameron8940
    @seanacameron894011 ай бұрын

    Thank you !! Well done, frightening, and overwhelming. A superb piece of journalism.. Kudos for such in depth work.

  • @mathewwatterlund9951

    @mathewwatterlund9951

    11 ай бұрын

    9002r

  • @mathewwatterlund9951

    @mathewwatterlund9951

    11 ай бұрын

    😂😂🎉😂😢🎉😂❤to

  • @mikeypiros6647

    @mikeypiros6647

    11 ай бұрын

    Another bootlicking bot commentary..

  • @jenneth6587
    @jenneth658711 ай бұрын

    60 Minutes Australia and this reporter are the jam ❤😊

  • @80bbygrl
    @80bbygrl11 ай бұрын

    And I don't understand how people can afford to be coke addicts. Its so expensive! 😳

  • @21javierjavier

    @21javierjavier

    11 ай бұрын

    Right😂

  • @user-ql5mh8rt8e

    @user-ql5mh8rt8e

    10 ай бұрын

    because drugs come first b4 bills and food ! thats what addiction does to people, then it escalates to stealing and drug dealing !!

  • @shadowfilm7980
    @shadowfilm798011 ай бұрын

    Typical behavior when a politician in that part of the world gets caught. They just end up letting him go. No charges. Because of so much bribery and corruption. Happens so much in Southeast Asia where I lived for years. It was ridiculous. They were immune to charges.

  • @lisadolan689

    @lisadolan689

    11 ай бұрын

    Correct

  • @sw6188

    @sw6188

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, it's all about who you know, how much power you have and how much money you have.

  • @billyballsup2685

    @billyballsup2685

    11 ай бұрын

    Australia is know different

  • @sw6188

    @sw6188

    11 ай бұрын

    @@billyballsup2685 What?

  • @billyballsup2685

    @billyballsup2685

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sw6188 it's no different in Australia they all cover each other's arses.

  • @Supernovae2010
    @Supernovae201011 ай бұрын

    Watching from the Kingdom of Belgium, I was not aware of this. We have also hughe problems in Antwerp because of this traffic. Thank you for your inquiry. Your journalists are amazing !

  • @brianevans2819
    @brianevans281911 ай бұрын

    Brilliant informative content coverage interesting insight, well researched and presented. First class reporting. Thank you.

  • @wyldflwr
    @wyldflwr11 ай бұрын

    "Don't hold your breath." Nice!😂

  • @irenecosta4909
    @irenecosta490911 ай бұрын

    Tara Brown you are my favorite 60 minute reporter. ❤ you from Michigan USA.

  • @MrBibi86

    @MrBibi86

    11 ай бұрын

    no one cares that you are from the US

  • @morokeiboethia6749
    @morokeiboethia674911 ай бұрын

    the dead guy on the yacht probably snorted some massive lines and had a heart attack

  • @lisadolan689
    @lisadolan68911 ай бұрын

    All the pacific island countries are extremely vulnerable to corruption due to extreme poverty. 😢

  • @petersaseve2947

    @petersaseve2947

    11 ай бұрын

    Bullshit

  • @ArabicReja973
    @ArabicReja97311 ай бұрын

    China🇨🇳 now offers a PhD. program in the following subjects: - Advanced Chemistry in Fentanyl, - Election interference without a trace, - IP thefts in a nutshell, and - Assimilate and Denial concentration.

  • @moimeself1088

    @moimeself1088

    11 ай бұрын

    Evidence please. Or stop lying.

  • @The_Anglo_Saxon-Celt

    @The_Anglo_Saxon-Celt

    11 ай бұрын

    @@moimeself1088 you're living under a rock!

  • @michaelholden1239

    @michaelholden1239

    3 ай бұрын

    Really ? I don't doubt it. Send me some links. Will do a deep dive. Cheers mate

  • @banksiasong

    @banksiasong

    3 ай бұрын

    Oh rubbish. It was the British East India Company in the 1800s that forced Opium into China-where it was ILLEGAL-from India, took Silver bullion in return, then fought the two Opium Wars to enforce their 'rights' as international narco-dealers, and when China lost, took a lot of Chinese territory as well, including Hong Kong. Get back to Comrade Putin for your new BS script.

  • @peachespavalko1980
    @peachespavalko198011 ай бұрын

    🙋‍♀️ Thank you for opening the comment section. I love the Australian version of 60 Minutes, watching from the USA. This story is heartbreaking and I hope your country can somehow, some day successfully come together with Ecuador to solve this mutual problem.

  • @SandyWolf-

    @SandyWolf-

    11 ай бұрын

    Ditto I like watching from U.S. too😊

  • @OneBadAssMoMo

    @OneBadAssMoMo

    11 ай бұрын

    Same!

  • @Iswhatitisssss

    @Iswhatitisssss

    11 ай бұрын

    Yeah we need to learn how to grow coca here ! Eliminate the risk of loosing too much product on the way!

  • @SandyWolf-

    @SandyWolf-

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Iswhatitisssss 🤣🤣🤣

  • @djjones7039

    @djjones7039

    11 ай бұрын

    lol it’ll never be solved so long as there’s people who want dope…supply I& demand 😂

  • @stormb3948
    @stormb394811 ай бұрын

    Oooh I’m settling in for this one 🍿

  • @AronAron-bu7th
    @AronAron-bu7th11 ай бұрын

    The best journalist ever ❤❤

  • @krmccarrell
    @krmccarrell9 ай бұрын

    Tara Brown, you rock! Thank you for your reporting!

  • @cryptowire
    @cryptowire11 ай бұрын

    We live in a Wild World 🌎

  • @user-ir1ot2vk6h
    @user-ir1ot2vk6h11 ай бұрын

    Best channel when it comes ďecomentey

  • @gabriel8841
    @gabriel884111 ай бұрын

    Great work!!!! Do one about hiw the drug money comes out of Australia.

  • @loneranger5928
    @loneranger592811 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the informative video 👍👍

  • @judytopa3302
    @judytopa330210 ай бұрын

    I love sixty minute.. First channel i watch is 60 minute. Thankyou for giving all the facts..❤

  • @jonathaneffemey944
    @jonathaneffemey94411 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting.

  • @TheAngry_AmericanGuy
    @TheAngry_AmericanGuy11 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video, pretty lady! : ) Hello from USA! I love 60 mins down under, much better than ours! : )

  • @monicakieck7501
    @monicakieck750111 ай бұрын

    Great upload❤this is worse than any pandemic😢 unfortunately it destroys mostly the youth in our countries 😭

  • @MrBibi86

    @MrBibi86

    11 ай бұрын

    the youth are not doing cocaine. they can't afford it

  • @Berm_Blaster
    @Berm_Blaster11 ай бұрын

    Always great documentaries from 60 Minutes Australia.

  • @757flyer
    @757flyer11 ай бұрын

    Great reporting!

  • @Michael9-23-15
    @Michael9-23-1511 ай бұрын

    I just wish that Coke would put the Coke back in the bottle! Just imagine how refreshing it would be?

  • @havestrength5802
    @havestrength580211 ай бұрын

    thank you for keeping the comment section open.

  • @darensavy5014
    @darensavy501411 ай бұрын

    Dismantling syndicates 🤣 Gota love Aussie Cops 🚔

  • @IsmailIsmail-zb1jc
    @IsmailIsmail-zb1jc11 ай бұрын

    from Somalia, l always watch 60 minutes absolutely every night. This is my first experience, l have never heard about Tonga island.

  • @samueltaeza3454
    @samueltaeza345411 ай бұрын

    Love watching this Documentary program... Sam from the Philippines

  • @zanzah_
    @zanzah_11 ай бұрын

    Why don't the Australian Government just legalise, regulate and tax certain drugs and divert the money back into community health programs. Cut the criminals out of this trade and give informed adults a safe option to access recreational drugz

  • @2000sborton

    @2000sborton

    11 ай бұрын

    That is the last thing that the cartels want. As a result, they invest large volumes of cash to ensure that it remains illegal. Everything from lobbying legislators to setting up anti-drug non profits. On this drug crazed planet black has become white and vice versa. Few of these drugs are actually harmful on their own, as long as you can maintain a steady and reliable supply after becoming addicted. The real harm comes from problems associated with it's legality and the stigma that goes along with being a drug addict. And of course the problems of overdosing, because you never know the actual purity or composition of what you are using. Things such as exorbitant cost and unsure supply. The effort and lengths that you have to go to hide your addiction, and the poverty that comes along with that, are the source of the majority of negative effects of the use of these substances. Things like not seeking medical help for abscessed puncture marks, living on the streets and not maintaining anything close to a regular diet are just a few of the problems that an addict encounters.

  • @aprilsmith3683
    @aprilsmith368311 ай бұрын

    Money and greed breed corruption... A circle of death... Kudos to the honest few fighting against an ever intrusive evil... However small the flame... No amount of darkness can fully extinguish it... 🇿🇦

  • @did4h2k
    @did4h2k11 ай бұрын

    just imagine for a sec how many lives would be saved and how many taxdollars would be generated if it was a legit business

  • @elpina9657

    @elpina9657

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm agree people is free consume warever they want , but it needs to be restrictions and control, id registration and límites per day

  • @shaneolive6529
    @shaneolive652911 ай бұрын

    Tara Brown always first class reporting👌

  • @islandking245
    @islandking24511 ай бұрын

    Good work, Tara Brown. Also, do another follow-up story on Black flights between PNG and Australia; the last 2 aircraft caught is almost $1 billion worth of cocaine. I have a strong feeling these flights are still happening

  • @blondecat666
    @blondecat66611 ай бұрын

    I spent couple of weeks in Tonga while circumnavigating the globe. I stayed at the Friendly Islander and Dateline hotels. The king was rowing in the harbour. 🙂 He was really big, over 200 kg.

  • @countrymanrandylewis8463
    @countrymanrandylewis846311 ай бұрын

    i love watching your news, good luck from philippines

  • @laurasplicer712
    @laurasplicer7129 ай бұрын

    Helicopters shooting atcars on public streets gotta love the dedication.. 🚗🚗💥💥💥💥🚁

  • @3maanave
    @3maanaveАй бұрын

    Wow amazing information here, thanks sooo much 60minutes 🙏🏾 Our golden triangle: Fiji, Tonga n Samoa 🇼🇸 #1☝🏾need to stand together n fight the narcotics curse fm the east 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @slyonme
    @slyonme11 ай бұрын

    60 minutes should make a documentary on all the people been executed in broad daylight in the streets of sydney...don't ignore it or it will be too late

  • @Indy__isnt_it
    @Indy__isnt_it11 ай бұрын

    Never thinking about the end of the line for cocaine they confiscated. It looked as if they dropped it into an incinerator of sorts. What do they do to keep the smoke from being toxic after burning? curious!

  • @worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143

    @worldsdumbesttrumpturd....3143

    11 ай бұрын

    It's not toxic. It just gets you high

  • @jasonsnider8749

    @jasonsnider8749

    11 ай бұрын

    Quite often seized coke goes to government for medical purposes,

  • @keztukariri
    @keztukariri11 ай бұрын

    For anyone that thinks Tonga is innocent, they are most certainly not 😂

  • @Centrifugal-

    @Centrifugal-

    11 ай бұрын

    Tonga was caught selling it's passports to terrorists and also baring the flag on marine vessels to indicate it belonging to Tonga. 😮😮😮

  • @jmjm1920

    @jmjm1920

    10 ай бұрын

    Fiji Samoa NZ bigger dealers 😊

  • @Skinz1975
    @Skinz197511 ай бұрын

    What a job it is to open and close the furnace door! 🎉😊

  • @terenceborausiki3695
    @terenceborausiki369511 ай бұрын

    Need to work with the Australian Intel Agency Got a lot of info regarding drug trafficking

  • @darcyrosewilson
    @darcyrosewilson11 ай бұрын

    @7:23 we just want to talk to him about cocaine 😂 The cops: ohhh ok

  • @dangeroustoman
    @dangeroustoman11 ай бұрын

    And as soon as the camera is turned off, they probably are snorting some lines laughing.

  • @Beth-ie
    @Beth-ie11 ай бұрын

    Well, that makes it easy to make small time busts, anyway. Just look for the wealthy folks at high price clubs, because that stuff adds up to be _insanely expensive_ down under! Only the very rich can use it often. Hope you are looking internally for "bad actors" in police/government in 🇦🇺 . The cocaine business, with the amount of money involved, makes it more appealing than the high itself! Not like the U.S isn't a sieve - oceans, gulfs, seas, islands, harbors and thousands of miles of coastlines combine to make "drug by yacht" a problem in every coastal State (oh... and 5 great lakes, too!) Planes, trains, automobiles, boats, subs, humans... it's endless. Scary.

  • @jocelynvernon2298
    @jocelynvernon229811 ай бұрын

    Im also very impressed with Equador. Way to go 🙂🇨🇦. A very dangerous job so courageous

  • @vanessahemara1480
    @vanessahemara148011 ай бұрын

    Yep it is someone in Tonga because they are doing similar in New Zealand

  • @darabu.julhaz6955
    @darabu.julhaz695511 ай бұрын

    60 minutes Australia is really a good media channel👍 producing constructive documentaries and news to help societies unlike other Western channels like CNN etc. which are politically motivated and profit-driven media channels👎

  • @sickoffakenews
    @sickoffakenews11 ай бұрын

    i live in ecuador, on the beach in Manta and PuertoCayo, never EVER seen boats like that. So ridiculous, the drugs go out in crappy little boats at night. Silly reporting. Any idea how bad the corruption is here ? Deeper investigating is required

  • @sickoffakenews

    @sickoffakenews

    11 ай бұрын

    they force fishermen to take it out or die, dig deeper

  • @sickoffakenews

    @sickoffakenews

    11 ай бұрын

    and you think they burn the drugs hahahahahahaha, they resell them. wake up

  • @Centrifugal-

    @Centrifugal-

    11 ай бұрын

    Not gonna happen, the reporter will be reported missing

  • @richie4351
    @richie435111 ай бұрын

    Good show

  • @kennethmortensen8159
    @kennethmortensen81594 ай бұрын

    7:45 we just wanna talk to him about cocaine😂

  • @deniseblackburn33
    @deniseblackburn3311 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the truth reporting

  • @28704joe
    @28704joe11 ай бұрын

    Puts a new meaning to "High Seas".

  • @iggy23zg
    @iggy23zg11 ай бұрын

    if I had come across and seen a sailboat, I would have borrowed a few packages 😂😂😂

  • @alexamaria3351
    @alexamaria335111 ай бұрын

    Love you.😊

  • @EddieEads
    @EddieEads11 ай бұрын

    It's weird that they would entrust millions of dollars of drugs to two guys, then just allow it to be found and disposed of.

  • @mbr0916

    @mbr0916

    11 ай бұрын

    It’s produced in such massive quantities, they don’t even worry about what’s lost because the amount they successfully traffic is so large.

  • @21javierjavier

    @21javierjavier

    11 ай бұрын

    It's not expensive when they purchase it from the source 3k a brick at most.

  • @dancingwithfools
    @dancingwithfools11 ай бұрын

    Holy smoke....can we stop wasting all this precious cargo 🤦‍♂️ Listen I'll take charge of it and make sure it's consumed responsibly

  • @randylal
    @randylal10 ай бұрын

    The chiefs in Tonga never seen that amount of money you know what they did if you are from or familiar with that part of the world just food for thought that’s all I’m from Fiji Islands close to Tonga 🇹🇴

  • @chrisbrent7487
    @chrisbrent748711 ай бұрын

    A WW2 or pre WW2 vintage German Mauser HSc pistol is an odd one to turn up in Tonga.

  • @TimothySlickback
    @TimothySlickback11 ай бұрын

    That's crazy they make homade submarines and travel 7,000 miles to Australia.

  • @joshlewis575

    @joshlewis575

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm sure the cartels employ engineers for such tasks. I'd imagine being underwater would be a lot safer than the trip on the waves.

  • @0warami_7oo

    @0warami_7oo

    11 ай бұрын

    no they don't

  • @joshlewis575

    @joshlewis575

    11 ай бұрын

    @@0warami_7oo they make billions monthly and run tons of world wide logistics. Pretty sure they're smart enough to employ the right people to help them in tasks they know nothing about. Like building a small submarine for example. Every body has a price after all

  • @0warami_7oo

    @0warami_7oo

    11 ай бұрын

    @joshlewis575 I said they don't come to Australia in them home made submarines. I wasn't replying to you haha

  • @timotoole8725
    @timotoole87258 ай бұрын

    Send them our old disco shirts and some bee gees albums 😂

  • @bobhoward6676
    @bobhoward667611 ай бұрын

    No filter or scrubber on that smoke stack. Just polluting openly while they preach to us about auto emissions.

  • @robertnichols2283
    @robertnichols228311 ай бұрын

    Where there’s a demand, the suppliers WILL find a way to satisfy said demand

  • @deniseblackburn33
    @deniseblackburn3311 ай бұрын

    Oregon...great reporting

  • @robertpearson8546
    @robertpearson854611 ай бұрын

    Wow! Almost 2 tons. The movie XX shows shipments of 22 metric tons each flight. If you actually believe the numbers reported by the government, the average addict uses about 0.1g/year. The numbers just don't add up.

  • @denispol79
    @denispol7911 ай бұрын

    liked the closing pun

  • @paulsansonetti7410
    @paulsansonetti741011 ай бұрын

    The increasing prices are exactly why there will never be a shortage homie

  • @jasoneyes01
    @jasoneyes019 ай бұрын

    These stories never end. Neither does the corruption and violence. Devaluing the product thru clever legalization is the solution.

  • @themicrobusinessrenegadepo6338
    @themicrobusinessrenegadepo633811 ай бұрын

    Great reporting ! Please do a story on why so many people want to do cocaine or any drug at this point. The last town I lived in was consumed by fentanyl and meth. There were terrible addicts of course and regular customers but it seemed like the drugs were going around in circles being resold and upsold and not consumed over and over again. The drug dealers were so getting frustrated that there were a few stories where dealers actually were bullying people to buy their product !😂

  • @keztukariri

    @keztukariri

    11 ай бұрын

    Try some good quality coke and you'll have the answer all on your own 😍 damn addicts ruining it for those of us in control of our sh*t 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @FuckVirginMary

    @FuckVirginMary

    11 ай бұрын

    Do you know if there are a lot of straight men who have sex with other men to make money to support their drug habits? No one is talking about this.

  • @johnkah0406

    @johnkah0406

    11 ай бұрын

    @@keztukariri exactly!

  • @billyballsup2685

    @billyballsup2685

    11 ай бұрын

    Cops products

  • @steve99098

    @steve99098

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@johnkah0406yeah, it was a long time ago, but I had some sh*t on new years Y2K that would have blown your doors off, I honestly wish it had been cut a little, there's a lot more to that particular story, all I'll say is that a lot of law enforcement wanted to cut loose that night, everyone had a good time and nobody overdosed on fent, ah the good ol days 😅😅

  • @kilasamaraisamarai629
    @kilasamaraisamarai62910 ай бұрын

    Whoa. So 60mins just walk into his house, his property, invade his space just to say "we just want lo talk to him".. Amazing reporting indeed..!!..deserves a price for that even if it was in aussie a....

  • @bradleymyers5030
    @bradleymyers503011 ай бұрын

    All these Australian 60 min programs are very old, how do i watch them in real time in the U.S?

  • @adamtaylor1831
    @adamtaylor183111 ай бұрын

    Love how they make up these numbers for what it’s worth they are working out broken down in grams on the street

  • @hahahihi6123
    @hahahihi612311 ай бұрын

    I think as long as there is high demand in here Australia we can never stop it. But we can spend more money on fighting it not just in Australia but training the drug squads in the country of origin such as columbia. As long as our government (Australia) pretend that this drug problem doesn't exist the future doesn't look good

  • @fredsmith2213
    @fredsmith221311 ай бұрын

    Drug users in Australia obviously have a lot more money than drug users in the UK. it's over 2x the price 😮, there's only 25 million ppl there to.

  • @Psv298

    @Psv298

    10 ай бұрын

    True but household incomes are much higher in Australia

  • @mpendawake
    @mpendawake11 ай бұрын

    Tara Brown ❤️

  • @mrpotter315
    @mrpotter31511 ай бұрын

    Great Story! I have an idea... the Australian Government could run Commercials targeting Young Adults that say "JUST SAY NOT TO DRUGS!" Once the Kids get the message that Drugs aren't "Cool" after all - the problem will be solved!

  • @mbr0916

    @mbr0916

    11 ай бұрын

    America tried that with “DARE” … didn’t seem to work. 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @moimeself1088

    @moimeself1088

    11 ай бұрын

    Cos that worked so well in the US?

  • @latentsea

    @latentsea

    11 ай бұрын

    Just say not

  • @wopalongcassidy
    @wopalongcassidy11 ай бұрын

    She almost drooled.

  • @JG-tk7ov
    @JG-tk7ov11 ай бұрын

    It’s more inventive then you’ll ever know.

  • @victmanuel26
    @victmanuel2610 ай бұрын

    They go the other side of the glove and some peoples still believe that the earth is flat 😄🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @RFK_71
    @RFK_7111 ай бұрын

    I remember the Columbian cocaine issue. I had read a book called “Cocaine Wars” 25 + years ago, and this sort of reminds of the similar problem. Seems from what I remember there was ignoring of the contraband at times coming into the US. Too much profit for certain people to put a lot of effort into eradicating this situation. However, not that they are giving up trying, even now.

  • @stereodreamer23

    @stereodreamer23

    11 ай бұрын

    The VAST majority of cocaine coming into the USA is being brought in by the Government, to convert to crack, which they distribute in poverty-stricken urban areas, to keep the people drugged up and "on the plantation". This is one of the oldest tricks in the book...

  • @northerncoloradotransparen1454
    @northerncoloradotransparen145411 ай бұрын

    The root of the problem in "MONEY AND GREED"

  • @My__Banana
    @My__Banana4 ай бұрын

    How come i didn't know this story 😅this shipwreck was right under my nose😂

  • @beirutleb1376
    @beirutleb137611 ай бұрын

    Why is cocaine illegal?? It's the best thing ever

  • @selwyn500

    @selwyn500

    11 ай бұрын

    Best for what exactly?

  • @beirutleb1376

    @beirutleb1376

    11 ай бұрын

    @@selwyn500 best feeling ever... best drug ever

  • @maganrescues

    @maganrescues

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@beirutleb1376why is DUI illegal?

  • @nathjohn3158

    @nathjohn3158

    11 ай бұрын

    @@beirutleb1376 Coke is overrated as fk honestly.

  • @beirutleb1376

    @beirutleb1376

    11 ай бұрын

    @@nathjohn3158 what's better than coke? Crystal is bad for health

  • @Sneezy962
    @Sneezy96211 ай бұрын

    Unbelievable