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NSW:Superyacht operator's son guilty of cocaine smuggling

The son of a superyacht tour operator is behind bars after a jury found he aided with a plot to retrieve cocaine from a cargo ship's hull that turned fatal.

AAP · May 20

Superyacht operator's son guilty of cocaine smuggling

The son of a superyacht tour operator is behind bars after a jury found he aided with a plot to retrieve cocaine from a cargo ship's hull that turned fatal.

AAP · May 20

The São Paulo connection: a Brazilian gang is spreading its cocaine business into Australia

The PCC – First Capital Command – formed in a Sāo Paulo prison but is now spreading its tentacles around the world

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2025

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Brazil drug cartel's corridor from Sao Paulo to Sydney

The Pacific Ocean is a favoured pipeline for a Brazilian drug cartel that's expanded globally by targeting countries like Australia where users pay top dollar.

AAP · Feb 5, 2025

Failed cocaine and people smuggler cops hefty sentence

A superyacht operator has been jailed for more than 11 years for his role in a failed drug-smuggling operation that led to the death of a Brazilian diver.

AAP · Nov 26, 2024

'Greedy' smuggler reveals why coke import turned deadly

A superyacht tour operator who described himself as the "linchpin" of a fatal 84kg cocaine importation explained to police how the operation went so wrong.

AAP · Nov 25, 2024

Granny-flat hideout clue in search for drug diver

Police have carried out a forensic search on a Sydney property where a missing Brazilian man linked to a Newcastle cocaine haul is thought to have hidden out.

AAP · Jun 24, 2024

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Buried truck linked to dead diver, port cocaine seizure

An unearthed truck is believed to be linked to a cocaine importation that left bricks in the water, two men before court, one diver dead and another missing.

AAP · Jun 11, 2024

Truck link to case of missing Brazilian drug diver

Police want to bring closure to the family of a Brazilian man who is still missing two years after an attempted multimillion-dollar cocaine smuggling attempt.

AAP · May 10, 2024

Smuggler denies culpability for all of $20m coke import

A superyacht tour operator charged over importing 100kg of cocaine that resulted in a Brazilian diver's death says he is culpable for only half of that amount.

AAP · Dec 14, 2023

Son denies role in cocaine plot that led to diver dying

A superyacht tour operator who organised the importation of $20 million of cocaine, resulting in a diver's death, wants to be sentenced as soon as possible.

AAP · Nov 23, 2023

Newcastle cocaine bust leads to manslaughter, people smuggling charges

A man has been charged with manslaughter and people smuggling after the death of a diver in Newcastle Harbour earlier this year.

ABC News · Sep 28, 2022

Arrest over cocaine diver's death in NSW

A man has been charged with manslaughter and people smuggling after the death of diver who was found in the water at Newcastle near bricks of cocaine.

AAP · Sep 28, 2022

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