> They even use a fleet of submarines, mini-subs, and semisubmersibles to ferry drugs -- sometimes, ingeniously, to larger ships hauling cargoes of hazardous wa

> They even use a fleet of submarines, mini-subs, and semisubmersibles to ferry drugs -- sometimes, ingeniously, to larger ships hauling cargoes of hazardous waste, in which the insulated bales of cocaine are stashed. "Those ships never get a close inspection, no matter what country you're in," That's interesting...I wonder if these ships are actually getting inspected now (since the article is from 2002) since they are a known transportation vessel. > The mainframe was loaded with custom-written data-mining software. > Most of the cartels' technology is American-made; many of the experts who run it are American-trained. American-trained or Americans? I wonder if 'hackers' actually go to these countries to earn some big bucks while developing some "cutting-edge" technologies.