[Cecily]

Antwerp Vice, starring Hercule “Sonny” Poirot and “Rico” Van Der Tubbs.

[Alas Babylon!]

Criminal gangs give money to causes, such as youth soccer teams the local Wahabis Iman, or Al Qaeda/ISIS leader to burnish their reputations, officials say.

[moovova]

[eyeamok]

Sounds like the Wall Street Journal disapproves of the Independent Businesses the CIA controls.

[Jeff Chandler]

Does this spell the end of America-hating lefties’ trashing of the U.S. by comparing it unfavorably with lower-crime European countries?

[VanShuyten]

“ Latin America”

Nice way of saying Cuba, Venezuela, and all the other leftist governments and rebel armies there.

[frank ballenger]

RE: A repeat of Miami in the 1980s.
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But this time without Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas.
How can anyone cope?

Miami Vice synopsis:
1984-1990.
This series is largely remembered for the stylish clothes Detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs wore, the soundtrack, and its distinct visuals. But beneath the veneer is a surprisingly dark cop show. The cocaine boom of the 1980s framed many stories about drugs and murder, with Crockett and Tubbs often resorting to violence in the course of their work. Wikipedia

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New Year's Resolution: Buy the rights to To Catch a Smuggler: Airport Security: Antwerp.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

For a perspective, I spoke with a special agent of the FBI out of the Tampa bureau. Between them, the Coast Guard and other agencies in their jurisdiction, they confiscated over 80 tons of cocaine in 2018. Tonnes.

He told me they are lucky to get 20%.

5.56mm

[Steven Tyler]

The money is pouring into poorer areas with large immigrant populations in the north of the city.

Those darn Amish!