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Drug Bacchanal in Bahamas!

VIX 11/29/24, 3:04:44 PM
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Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against high-ranking Bahamian law enforcement officials accused of enabling the flow of cocaine into the United States for years in exchange for bribes.

Police and military officials from the island country are accused of supporting the drug trade “at every turn,” court documents said, from the airports where cocaine comes into the Bahamas to the boats used to transport shipments into Florida and elsewhere in the U.S.

“Today’s charges should serve as yet another powerful wake-up call to corrupt officials everywhere — we will not rest until you are held accountable for your role in the drug trade that is poisoning this country and our community,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York.

The indictment charges 13 people, including Royal Bahamas Police Force Chief Superintendent Elvis Nathaniel Curtis and Royal Bahamas Defence Force Chief Petty Officer Darrin Alexander Roker. Both were arrested earlier this week in Florida and have made their initial court appearances.
dayne 11/29/24, 4:11:31 PM
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America should solve their own problem at its root and stop depending on other people to be a policeman for them. If there was not a big demand for drugs in the USA there will be no supply. Prosecute drugs users in the USA and drug use will decline.
JOJO 11/29/24, 8:31:38 PM
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America should solve their own problem at its root and stop depending on other people to be a policeman for them. If there was not a big demand for drugs in the USA there will be no supply. Prosecute drugs users in the USA and drug use will decline.


What this statement fails to acknowledge is the fact the easy supply also fuels the demand—there is more of it; it is cheaper; more people demand/use it. Therefore, yes America has to address the demand problem, but it also has to address the supply problem.

Besides, the supply of drugs to the US is also having a detrimental effect on the region and we do not have the resources (AND the willingness) to address it. It is good the US is prepared to go beyond its borders to reach all these corrupt government officials.
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VIX 11/30/24, 12:44:25 AM
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official release:
As alleged, for years, drug traffickers have smuggled tons of cocaine through The Bahamas with the support and protection of corrupt Bahamian government officials who control airports throughout the country and provide sensitive information about U.S. Coast Guard movements to drug traffickers. This Indictment is the latest in a series of charges that this Office and the DEA’s Special Operations Division have brought against corrupt government officials around the globe who partner with dangerous cocaine traffickers. Today’s charges should serve as yet another powerful wake-up call to corrupt officials everywhere—we will not rest until you are held accountable for your role in the drug trade that is poisoning this country and our community. I commend the career prosecutors of this Office and our partners at the DEA for their tireless efforts to disrupt drug-fueled corruption wherever it takes hold.”
Chrissy 11/30/24, 1:38:28 AM
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Nuff Americans are also involved - and never forget drugs fi guns was an American project from the 1980s