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Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido

Cuban kingpin Yester-Garrido and the booming cocaine conduit between SA and Brazil

South Africa

Cuban kingpin Yester-Garrido and the booming cocaine conduit between SA and Brazil

By Caryn Dolley

Busted – a global ‘super cartel’, encrypted message crackdown and cocaine trails to Durban

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Busted – a global ‘super cartel’, encrypted message crackdown and cocaine trails to Durban

By Caryn Dolley

Blood ties: South Africa caught in a web of murderous, drug-smuggling Brazilian gangs

South Africa

Blood ties: South Africa caught in a web of murderous, drug-smuggling Brazilian gangs

By Caryn Dolley

‘King Coca’ branding and other clues in huge R583m cocaine bust off Saldanha

South Africa

‘King Coca’ branding and other clues in huge R583m cocaine bust off Saldanha

By Caryn Dolley

US digs deeper to reveal South Africa's links to global drug trafficking networks

South Africa

US digs deeper to reveal South Africa's links to global drug trafficking networks

By Caryn Dolley

US jails Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido, the Cuban drug lord who operated from South Africa

South Africa

US jails Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido, the Cuban drug lord who operated from South Africa

By Caryn Dolley

Escobar man’s ‘Narcos’-styled life: How a Cuban drug lord ran a global cartel from the safe haven of South Africa

Business Maverick

Escobar man’s ‘Narcos’-styled life: How a Cuban drug lord ran a global cartel from the safe haven of South Africa

By Caryn Dolley