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Africa's Pablo Escobar: Kenyan Kingpin Ibrahim Akasha

Africa's Pablo Escobar: Kenyan Kingpin Ibrahim Akasha

The Underworld Podcast

July 15, 202559m 24s

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Show Notes

Ibrahim Akasha was the kingpin of East Africa’s heroin highway, setting up a massive tracking empire that stretched from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran to Kenya, South Africa and Europe.

When he was gunned down in 2000, his sons stepped into the void, hungrier and even more violent...but also, more sloppy. They struck deals with Pakistani mobsters and Colombian cartels, turning Kenya’s ports into gateways for global dope. But their empire crumbled in a DEA sting straight out of a Hollywood script.


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