Canada's Secret Cartel Crisis: Inside the Underground Narco Trucking Network
Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' VargasShow Notes
Sam Cooper is Canadian investigative journalist known for his reporting on cartels, organized crime, money laundering, and political corruption.
He is the founder of The Bureau: https://www.thebureau.news/
Follow him on X: https://x.com/scoopercooper
Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original
Episode Chapters: (00:00) Intro & Sam Cooper's background(03:34) How long-haul trucking became a cartel pipeline(07:48) The Indian mafia, Khalistan networks & Ryan Wedding(13:50) Border corruption and Vancouver's Delta Port(20:34) Drug flow patterns & Canada's rise as a production hub(28:55) Violence, corruption & the Dubai/Iranian connections(35:55) China's role in global narcotics & the Wuhan lab leak(44:07) Spain migration crisis, Canada's political future & closing thoughts
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