What do bananas and cocaine have in common? | DW News
What links these gunmen in Ecuador and bananas it’s cocaine but how exactly Ecuador is grappling with gang violence because it has become a new Global drug trafficking Hub at the same time it’s the world’s largest exporter of bananas a business which traffickers have infiltrated to move drugs between the continents they
Hide them in Freight containers tens of millions of containers are shipped around the world every year and banana boxes are apparently perfect for dodging controls as the fruit rots quickly it often gets fast-tracked through customs that’s why people even talk about Narco bananas while gangs and mafias make big
Money the trade leaves a trail of Destruction violence corruption and murder in Latin America and increasingly elsewhere too including here in Europe so authorities are cracking down on the drug business and Ecuador’s banana industry is coming under closer scrutiny
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It's banana's how their moving cocaine these days