<figure><img src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikDMlgmyYRGM/v8/-1x-1.jpg"><figcaption><div><p>Source: Bloomberg, 34:32</p></div><div></div></figcaption></figure><p>In 2019, US officials seized a massive cargo ship called the MSC Gayane in the Port of Philadelphia. On board, they found containers filled with products of all kinds that the ship had picked up along its global route. They also discovered cargo that didn&#x2019;t appear on the ship&#x2019;s manifest&#x2014;40,000 pounds of cocaine.Bloomberg investigative reporters Lauren Etter and Michael Riley join this episode to tell the wild story of how one of the world&#x2019;s biggest cargo ships became an unofficial courier for a notorious European drug cartel.</p>

In 2019, US officials seized a massive cargo ship called the MSC Gayane in the Port of Philadelphia. On board, they found containers filled with products of all kinds that the ship had picked up along its global route. They also discovered cargo that didn’t appear on the ship’s manifest—40,000 pounds of cocaine.

Bloomberg investigative reporters Lauren Etter and Michael Riley join this episode to tell the wild story of how one of the world’s biggest cargo ships became an unofficial courier for a notorious European drug cartel.

The MSC Gayane Was Also Carrying Illicit Cargo

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