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I Am the Market

How to Smuggle Cocaine by the Ton and Live Happily

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I Am the Market

By: Luca Rastello
Narrated by: Paul Thornley
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About this listen

This is the cocaine trade. This is how it's done: with hard work and a good system. With coca made into cubes, dissolved in liquid, hidden in marble blocks or inside electric cable. With willing mules swallowing drugs in ovules (they'll be arrested - this is part of the system). With shipments measured in tons. With money in cash, always. And these are the risks: police dogs, scanners, customs, infiltrators - and if you do it right, it will make you rich. And if you don't, you'll spend your life in jail. This is the first-hand guide to living well on the wrong side of the law.

Luca Rastello gets the story of the market straight from a convicted smuggler: the true, unbelievable story of an illegal trade that supports economies and destroys lives, and the war on drugs that makes it all possible. This Italian bestseller has been translated into English by Jonathan Hunt.

©2009 Chiarelettere editore srl (P)2011 Audible Ltd Organized Crime True Crime Money Crime War

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Critic reviews

"Conversational, confidential, convincing, up front and down dirty." ( The Times)
"Brazen, defiant and brilliant." ( Daily Telegraph)
"A unique and unsettling look behind the scenes of the international cocaine market" ( Time Out)
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a very good book very interesting the narrator was well suited to the story fantastic

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A fascinating story and thought prokoking tale that kept me listening right to the end. Luca's view of happiness is not mine but what an extraordinary life he has led. Very well narrated. I would recomend a listen.

Great book

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