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tl;dr = Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

• leeview 12y ago
  and police entrapment is a hell of a practice in some countries..
• thesteamboat 12y ago
  More on the case against De Lorean, 'cause it's interesting history and a textbook case of entrapment: On October 19, 1982, DeLorean was charged with trafficking in cocaine by the U.S. government, following a videotaped sting operation in which he was recorded by undercover Federal agents agreeing to bankroll a $1.8 million, 100 kg cocaine smuggling operation in exchange for a $24 million cut of the eventual profits. The government was tipped off to DeLorean by confidential informant James Timothy Hoffman, a former neighbor, who reported to his FBI superiors that DeLorean had approached him to ask about setting up a cocaine deal; in reality, Hoffman had called DeLorean and suggested the deal (which DeLorean then accepted) as part of his efforts to receive a reduced sentence on a 1981 Federal cocaine trafficking charge that he was awaiting trial on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean#Arrest_and_trial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean#Arrest_and_trial and further: At this point, DeLorean became suspicious that he had become involved in a dangerous and illegal operation, possibly involving illegal narcotics or organized crime (or both); he felt that he needed to remove himself from the situation as soon as possible. [...] However, in the face of a thinly-veiled threat by Hoffman that DeLorean’s daughter would be murdered if he backed out of the deal, DeLorean continued to communicate with Hoffman. http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research/today-in-1984-carmaker-john-delorean-acquitted-of-cocaine-smuggling-charges-by-reason-of-entrapment/ http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research...