Drug business is one of most lucrative illegal activities that criminal groups practice. Tens of thousands of dollars a year, the amount is turned around, by purchasing and selling drugs, is the big bait for anyone who wants to earn money fast.
Portraits of most infamous leaders of drug organizations in the world differ by the fact that some names, like bosses of Mexican cartels or clans from Southern America, are very much exposed in media, while other, including Asian drug groups, are relatively rare to appear on agency news. To survive in this “business” apart from great luck you need a good organization, good connections and not caring about victims and competition. Which 10 drug bosses are considered to be the biggest and most dangerous in the world, find out here.
10CHRISTOPHER COKE AKA “DUDUS”
Christopher said to have a personal fortune of 30 billion dollars. He battled police for four days in 2010 and left 70 people dead. He was arrested soon after, while disguised as a woman.
09MANUEL NORIEGA
Noriega is de facto ruler of Panama who smuggled drugs on behalf of the U.S. government. In 1989 the USA became suspicious of their ally and toppled him from power.
08FRANK LUCAS AKA “SUPERFLY”
Frank was heroin dealer who controlled Harlem in the 60s and 70s. He arrested in 1975 after 500.00 dollars was found in his house. He was convicted of 100 drug-related crimes.
07ARTURO BELTRAN LEYVA AKA “BOSS OF BOSSES”
Beltran was head of the Beltran Leyva cartel. He had a 2.3 million dollar bounty on his head. Beltran was killed in 2009, after a 90 minute shootout. He was shot by Mexican navy intelligence.
06RICK ROSS AKA “FREEWAY”
Rick sold three million dollars of crack daily in 1980s in L.A. He was arrested in 1996 after being set up by his partner and trying to sell a DEA agent 100 kg of cocaine.
05KHUN SA AKA “THE OPIUM KING”
Warlord, who led an 800 man army in the 1960s, built himself an opium empire thought to be supplying one third of the world heroin he died in 2007.
04AMANDO CARRILO FUENTES AKA “LORD OF THE SKIES”
Juarez cartel leader who had a 25 billion dollar fortune died in 1997 while having plastic surgery to change his appearance. The surgeons were then murdered.
03DAWOOD IBRAHIM
Ibrahim was the head of the “D-company” crime syndicate. India´s most wanted man is a drug trafficker and terrorist. He was behind the 1993 Bombay bombings that killed 257 people.
02JOAQUIN GUZMAN AKA “EL CHAPO GUZMAN”
Guzman was a leader of the Sinaloa cartel who escaped from prison in 2001. Five million dollar was bounty on his head. The DEA consider him “The godfather of the drug world”.
01PABLO ESCOBAR
Escobar was a head of the Medellin cartel controlled 80 percent of the world´s cocaine at its height. Linked to 3.000 murders, he was shot dead by police in 1993.
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