we drive across the lush toe of italy, stronghold of the ndrangheta since the 19th century. its family clans controlling the mountain villages. from there, they ve spread terror through killings and kidnappings, deadly massacres elsewhere in europe traced to their rivalry in calabria. today, their currency is cocaine, smuggled through gioia tauro, italy s busiest container port. the ndrangheta helped build it and funnel the drugs onwards east. the mafia s annual income an estimated $60 billion. cocaine seizures here have tripled in the past two years. military hardware bound for
the mafia s annual income an estimated $60 billion. cocaine seizures here have tripled in the past two years. military hardware bound for russia was also intercepted. a recent police operation two years in the making swooped on port workers who were part of a massive ndrangheta smuggling ring. 35 were arrested and seven tons of cocaine seized with a street value of 1.4 billion euros. well, around one in ten of the containers that pass through this port are checked. this shipment seems to be clean, but bananas from south america are a classic method that the ndrangheta use to stash cocaine. their branches operate right around the world, and the group is now estimated to control up to 80% of europe s cocaine trade.
exhibiting hyperthurmic-type symptom. according to the ap, he was last seen by his sister around 11 p.m. the night before when he left the bar. she reported her brother missing when it was clear he did not make it to his stateroom. just 6 hours later, before 8:30 p.m. that rescue was made9 made. and the cruise ship was bound for coaz cozumel, mexico. that ship turned around and retraced its route. bryan: 21 hours of treading water. water polo athletes tread for about an hour, and they re the best athletes on the planet. 21 hours is absolutely remarkable. looking forward to an interview with that person. alexandria hoff, thank you. arthel: it just wasn t husband i m. now to the latest at the southern border where customs and border protection saying agents caught more than 600 criminals in october. they say fentanyl and cocaine seizures were up last month as well. senior koren respondent casey
basis, the kids and the family and everybody feels bad for them. what the cameras aren t able to catch are the got a ways, the terrorists, the drugs. you can t see it but it s easy to turn a blind eye until it s too late. look, the left, it is all politics. under the trump administration we had two children died. and they couldn t save these two children but they died. now we have record migrant deaths, more migrants have died under joe biden on u.s. soil than any time that i can remember my 35 year career. where are the democrats now? where are the aocs and who ran to the border president trump screaming about dying migrants? we have record migrant deaths and not one of them this is nothing but politics. carley: record american deaths when it comes to fentanyl overdoses. right now total cocaine seizures
and not in a positive way. the u.s. government said drug seizures are up by 25% and the month of june. cocaine seizures up 60%. meth up 14% heroin conventional decrease in the month of may, arthel. the irony want you to take something for the headaches it gives you. matt finn thank you, erica. eric: arthel, president biden heading back to washington after wrapping up his trip to the middle east as commander-in-chief and president of the united states. the visits off a storm of criticism after a fist bump crown prince mohammed bin salman pretty see it there. he s running for president mr. biden promised to make mbs a pariah over saudi arabia s human rights abuses and the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the big question is will the saudis open the spigot for more oil? and it s not a rabbit with the