To make ends meet, Rick begins manufacturing and selling firearms.
Ricky becomes an informant for US federal law enforcement due to his connection to organized crime.
Mazur was instrumental in bringing down Pablo Escobar’s money laundering organization.
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Additionally,The Infiltratorhighlights the moral gray area that exists in fighting such an intangible enemy.
How to Make Money Selling Drugsoffers important insight into the mechanics of the drug trade.
This war apparently has the support of the fictional American president.
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AlthoughTrafficfeatures these overlapping stories, many of the characters never interact directly.
The movie is based on the British seriesTraffik, which explores these themes from a European perspective.
The movie does not make any moral pronouncements about those who find themselves involved in the drug trade.
Instead, it highlights who benefits and who loses.
The movie starsBen Affleck,Oscar Isaac,Charlie Hunnam, andPedro Pascal.
The House I Live Inprovides a unique journalistic perspective on the War on Drugs.
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