drug distribution

Peacock documentary exposing the federal criminal case behind Matthew Perry's ketamine-related death on Oct. 28, 2023, and the five people charged.

The Matthew Perry death investigation is a US federal drug case in which five defendants were charged over the ketamine distribution network that supplied the Friends actor before his October 2023 overdose death.

While the Medellín Cartel made headlines with brutality, the Cali Cartel built a more sophisticated empire through corruption and strategic silence. By the mid-1990s, this Colombian organization controlled over 80% of the world's cocaine market—making it arguably the most powerful criminal enterprise ever assembled.

The Camorra, a Neapolitan organized crime syndicate, has transformed from a regional Italian threat into a transnational criminal powerhouse with operations spanning Europe, North America, and Asia. Fueled by drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, and environmental crimes, the organization generates billions annually while leaving a trail of violence that claims innocent civilians.

Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, orchestrated two dramatic prison escapes before his 2016 recapture and extradition to the United States. In 2019, a federal court in Brooklyn convicted him on all charges and sentenced him to life in prison plus 30 years.

In the late 1970s, Camorra boss Raffaele Cutolo established Sacra Corona Unita in Italy's Puglia region, creating what would become the country's fourth-largest mafia organization. Operating across Brindisi, Lecce, Taranto, and beyond, the loosely-structured criminal network trafficked drugs internationally and terrorized southern Italy with extortion and bombings—until law enforcement dismantled it within two decades.

Chinese triad organizations have established an extensive criminal network that reaches far beyond Asia. Sun Yee On, Wo Shing Wo and the 14K Triad are among the largest players behind international drug trafficking, human trafficking and large-scale money laundering.

A sprawling corruption investigation has resulted in charges against eight Toronto Police Service officers—seven active and one retired—accused of leaking confidential data to organized crime networks. The February 2026 charges reveal deep entanglement between law enforcement and criminal enterprises in Canada's largest city.