Four Corners: Episode 17 airs Monday 22 May 2023 on ABC TV
When compared to other countries, Australia has the highest rate of cocaine use per capita.
We’re buying at one of the world’s highest rates despite taking record amounts.
Rivers of white keep flowing in and out to market while police across the country celebrate major busts.
Who then is responsible for this booming business?
This week on Four Corners, reporter Mahmood Fazal investigates the murky world of cocaine distribution by talking to those who work in the industry.
Fazal gets insider accounts of the highs and lows of the drug trade in Australia from traffickers, importers, street dealers, and high-ranking cartel operatives who break their code of silence.
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Season 2023 Episode 17
Four Corners is Australia’s premier television current affairs program. It has been part of the national story since August 1961, exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate, confronting taboos and interpreting fads, trends and sub-cultures. Its consistently high standards of journalism and film-making have earned international recognition and an array of Walkleys, Logies and other national awards.
What time is Four Corners: Episode 17 on tonight
Four Corners: Episode 17 airs Monday 22 May 2023 at 20:30 on ABC TV
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