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Unclear article, it seems like the smugglers were just playing a lottery with their stuff, hoping that the cars they chose wouldn't get investigated?
by Yourfags 13y ago
Unclear article, it seems like the smugglers were just playing a lottery with their stuff, hoping that the cars they chose wouldn't get investigated?
- lotharbot 13y agoI suspect the percentage that gets caught on any given trip is quite low. They're playing a lottery with a 99%+ win chance. When they win, they sell the stuff at a huge markup, and when they lose, all they lose is one shipment and one potential courier who wasn't even in on the plot.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoExactly. The "War on Drugs" is never going to succeed when all the smugglers have to do is factor in a loss % into their price; it's simple math.
- jrockway 13y agoThey still have drug trafficking in Singapore, where you get the death penalty for drug trafficking. I think the key is not to make drugs expensive, but to make them cheap. Then the criminals are out of business.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoYup -- then the key players just make sure to insulate themselves with plenty of lower-tier traffickers. Drugs will only be cheap when they are legal.
- jordanthoms 13y agoWell, they don't really care if people get caught with it, so long as some make it through.