Ecuador president's family firm allegedly used for cocaine smuggling

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Containers from Ecuador President Daniel Noboa's family firm, Noboa Trading Co., are allegedly linked to large cocaine shipments to the Balkans. Encrypted chats suggest traffickers had exclusive rights to smuggle cocaine alongside bananas in containers exported by the company. Reporters matched these chats to real shipments. The revelations emerge as President Noboa campaigns against drug trafficking, highlighting potential conflicts of interest and systemic vulnerabilities in Ecuador's export supply chains.


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