Jun 7, 202538 minS0
<p>A young woman murdered in an Australian country town. People too afraid to speak for decades are finally breaking their silence. What happened in 23-year-old Rachelle Childs' final nine hours? </p> <p>Now, 24 years...
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Inside the global cocaine industry, where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders.This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation.Cocaine Inc. is hosted by Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at The Times, David Collins, northern editor at The Sunday Times, and Stephen Drill, national correspondent at News Corp Australia.Follow so you never miss an episode.To listen ad-free subscribe to Crime X+To find out more visit cocaineinc.com.au Get in touch: cocaineinc@thetimes.co.ukVisit us on socials:Crime X+: Instagram, TikTok and FacebookThe Times: Instagram, TikTok and Facebook
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Inside the global cocaine industry, where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders. This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation. Cocaine Inc.
What has Cocaine Inc. covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Dear Rachelle - Australia's new true crime obsession" (7 June 2025, 38 minutes), "NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle" (4 April 2025, 3 minutes), and "Bonus episode 3: Colombia - seized and stolen again" (7 September 2024, 32 minutes).
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Cocaine Inc. publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 14 episodes.
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Cocaine Inc. is a true crime podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Cocaine Inc.
NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle
Apr 4, 20253 minS1<p>A killer is on the loose in an Australian country town.</p> <p>Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year-old Rachelle Childs leaves work, calls her sister, and is dead within hours. Her burning, partially...
- Sep 7, 202432 minS0
<p>Stephen Drill talks to journalist Richard McColl about living and working at the centre of the global cocaine trade.</p> <p> </p> <p>Follow so you never miss an episode.</p> <p>To listen ad-free subscribe to Crime...
Episode #11
Bonus episode 2: Question Time
Jul 13, 202442 minS0<p>Cocaine Inc. hosts Fiona, David and Stephen answer your questions about the drug business and how they made the series. </p> <p>Follow so you never miss an episode.</p> <p>To listen ad-free subscribe to Crime X+</p>...
Episode #10
Bonus episode: The Artist
Jul 6, 202438 minS0<p>Stephen Mee, a former cocaine trafficker who worked with the Cali Cartel, sits down to discuss how he built an illicit empire.</p> <p>David Collins and executive producer Will Roe meet Stephen in his artist’s studio...
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Episode #9
Bringing it Home | 8
Jun 29, 202443 minS0<p>The investigation takes us to a $10 million home in a leafy city suburb.</p> <p>Back home in Melbourne, Stephen Drill picks up a money trail leading right past his front door. </p> <p> </p> <p>Follow so you never...
Episode #8
The Dubai Gold Rush | 7
Jun 25, 202439 minS0<p>Undercover in a gleaming world where nobody asks questions. </p> <p>David Collins follows the money trail through Dubai’s crowded gold souk to its luxurious office blocks.</p> <p> </p> <p>Follow so you never miss an...
Episode #7
Sunshine and Lollipops | 6
Jun 22, 202438 minS0<p>Drug money is carried out of the UK in suitcases carried by passengers travelling in luxury.</p> <p>A cash mule tells David Collins about the brazen operation used to smuggle millions to Dubai.</p> <p>This episode...
Episode #6
The Woodchurch Estate | 5
Jun 18, 202436 minS0<p>On the streets of northern England where chaos reigns among those doing the selling. </p> <p>David Collins spends time in Merseyside, speaking to those working in the retail arm of the cocaine business.</p> <p>Follow...
Episode #5
Get in touch | Q&A
Jun 16, 20241 minS0<p>Send us your questions for our bonus Q&A episode.</p> <p>Email cocaineinc@thetimes.co.uk</p> <p>Get in touch directly with the reporters on Twitter/ X: </p> <p>@Fhamiltontimes</p> <p>@DavidCollinsST</p>...
Episode #4
The Pineapple Trader | 4
Jun 15, 202435 minS0<p>Europe’s vast ports act as logistic hubs in a worldwide operation that relies on corruption and torture.</p> <p>In the Netherlands, Fiona Hamilton reveals the industrial scale of the cocaine business - and how it...
Episode #3
The 64 Million Percent Mark-up | 3
Jun 11, 202433 minS0<p>As cocaine is smuggled out of South America it multiplies in value, driving people to extremes. </p> <p>Stephen Drill follows the trail to Mexico and uncovers how the numbers used by law enforcement do not add...
Episode #2
The Sweet Song | 2
Jun 8, 202430 minS0<p>Where people fight and die in the coca plantations.</p> <p>In Colombia, Stephen Drill discovers how the international cocaine business starts, and the cost paid by everyone it touches. </p> <p>Follow so you never...
Episode #1
A Shooting at Christmas | 1
Jun 8, 202427 minS0<p>A brutal attack on an innocent young woman sends the reporters on a global investigation.</p> <p>David Collins visits Merseyside in northern England, where 26-year-old Elle Edwards was shot while celebrating...
Cocaine Inc.
Introducing - Cocaine Inc.
May 30, 20242 minS0<p>Coming on 9 June - Inside the global cocaine industry, where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders.</p> <p>This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp...
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