They did? That offshore island wouldn’t be Margarita Island, would it?
That’s the main starting hub of drugs from the western hemisphere into West Africa and then to Europe.
Russian state structures are running drugs too. About a year ago - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/23/russian-embassy-cocaine-buenos-aires-police-arrests
“A former Russian diplomatic official and an Argentinian police officer are among those arrested in connection with a large cocaine seizure at the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires that prompted a year-long investigation into an international drug ring, officials have said.
The Argentinian security minister, Patricia Bullrich, said the 389 kilos (860 pounds) of cocaine were hidden inside luggage seized in December 2016.”