-Caveat Lector- an article from: Blacklisted News, Secret History . . . From Chicago, '68, to 1984 �1983 Youth International Party Information Service Bleecker Publishing POB 392 Canal St. Station New York, NY 10012 ISBN 0-912873-00-0 ----- Some old news but very interesting. Om K ----- MIAMI KINGPINS JACK UP PRICES Now it can be told, that the actual writer of this piece was that intrepid journalist, the Yippie contact for Nebraska, Al Kammerer, who did 1.25 years because he was turned in by an Iranian named Kazam (Frank), whose uncle was a Colonel in SAVAK. Later attempts to hook Dana Beal up with a phantom "conspiracy" based on the same SAVAK-inspired investigation (See "Snortergate," p. 176-178) foundered because a) Beal's only interest in Nebraska was political (Al funded protests at the '76 GOP Convention in Kansas City), and b) like any good reporter, Kammerer refused to give up his methods and sources. By the way, 85% of all Columbian imported thru Miami turns out to be controlled by Bebe Rebozo. Keith Stroup is currently making his living defending Rebozo's son, on trial for charges involving several pounds of coke. by Al Kammerer MIAMI, FLA. Disguised as big marijuana buyers from the midwest, a team of investigative reporters recently penetrated the marijuana market here, discovering that it has been totally taken over by a few wealthy businessmen who boast combined assets totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. And there is evidence that these businessmen are receiving direct government protection. Searching into the reasons why Colombian pot prices have risen 70% or more in the last 2 years, the investigators found what one of them has described as "a really classic price fixing conspiracy, a veritable OPEC of a pot cartel." The investigators report that the situation in Miami, which is the American delivery point for most Colombian pot, defies the claim of "experts" that a clandestine, compartmentalized cannabis scene could never be cornered. In fact, the marijuana monopoly has apparently manipulated the media and market psychology so masterfully this year that speaker after speaker rose at a recent national NORML confab. to deplore the "drought" . . . more than 2 months after the market broke with an actual glut of marijuana. High prices have been maintained, and the glut has been covered up in the months since. Like California peach growers who bum trees to keep prices high, the Miami group reportedly warehouses mountains of sweet pot, leaving it to sour and molder until their price is met. One of the investigators, who spoke of experiencing close calls in various criminal circles, is in the process of gathering evidence implicating government and local crime/business community figures in a "Capone-like" web of intrigue and corruption involving the control of pot. The investigator said that "The marijuana cartel is like the diamond cartel. Since diamonds are always in demand, the cartel offers packets at dictated prices three times the actual costs, take it or leave it. Being rebellious over the situation only leads to being banned from trading. When interest and cash flow drop due to boredom, low quality or whatever, they cut loose enough good stones, or in this case, grass, to draw investors back into the market, where they can be swamped with bunk goods. "It's a den of thieves, Miami. The middlemen use brainwashing techniques of sensory deprivation and random disturbances by locking the buyer up in motel rooms for days to break down resistance. You begin seeing and hearing things. When the phone rings, it's like being struck by a gong." Sitting in a Miami hotel room, the investigator, who plans to sell A story to the New York Times as soon as he "nails down a few more bits of hard information," explained the method by which "bunk" pot is sent to the consumer while prices remain as high as ever. "Even with high grade merchandise, a package deal where they lay some of the bunk on you is the rule with these jerks. Once the intimidated buyer has committed his money, the monopoly vanishes again behind mercenary middlemen. They sweat you out until you're ready to be plucked like a turkey." "Look," he broke off, opening an attache full of cash and rummaging around until he found a tattered address book. He explained that the number he was about to call was that of a swarthy, heavily muscled gentleman up in Hallendale, which is known for mob scene connections. Apologizing for the weed we were smoking, he volunteered to get his source on the phone if we would pretend to be one of the many stuck with a commercial, inferior grade. When he reached his man, C-, a spirited exchange ensued until he put his hand over the mouthpiece and said, "Just tell him you're stuck with the last stuff, and can't look at anything but gold," It was somebody heavy on the phone. In the next 5 minutes, we were offered credit, free delivery anywhere in the U.S.�up to 200 pounds plus the removal of seeds and shake, if -we'd simply help them off their commercial pot. But when we suggested that taking bad stuff, even on a front, always means losses, and asked about gold, we were told: "The golds and reds are in. But we have to move off the rest of this commercial stuff before they'll cut it loose." I 'But marijuana is a vegetable," we objected. "Warehousing causes it to lose potency." "That's alright," said C-, "They're putting all the good weed in big freezers this year." In a classic capitalist coup, some super-rich marijuana kingpins in Miami have developed so much excess buying power that they can warehouse pot for months, opening and closing the doors at will, to dictate both price and flow. The marijuana moguls have so much buying capacity that only in the commercial grades is there enough around for a smaller buyer to invest in. They have so much capacity that they can even hold the good stuff off of the market ... or allow just enough gold to trickle out, at such super prices, that prices on the bunk weed don't sag too much! To explain the rise of a Miami-based cartel, insiders point to the fact that it has become much harder in the last few years for independents to bring in boats and planes elsewhere, and those who did it cheaply, the flamboyant Ken Burstine-types, got cracked. Miami was the one place with a tradition of police/government collusion that could enable those with money and Mafia lawyers to bargain with the authorities when necessary. [Our reporter friend found how easy it is to get off when another member of his investigative team got busted. They located a lawyer who for $4000 made the whole thing evaporate at the police level.] A scramble for influence inevitably led to the emergence of a handful of powerful men combining forces and enjoying a dominant position in the trade. The final take over of the Colombian market at the end of the end of 1975 by the Miami group solidified prices at a hundred dollars higher than before, never to come down again. It is clear that those critics of decriminalization who worry about pot being taken over by RJ. Reynolds and the big tobacco companies shouldn't worry�pot is already under the thumb of a marijuana monopoly. Decriminalization is making the way for prohibition and its resulting effects. The investigator capped his report with the news that the Don Aemilio, a freighter supposedly busted last Summer with 180 tons, was actually being escorted into Miami by the Coast Guard to foil rip-offs. All its pot hit the market. He then made a warning to those who might be interested in taking up a kingpin on an offer to get fronted anywhere in the country. "A lot of folks who take that deal get fattened up until, at the end of the season, a couple of rip-offs visit them with shotguns and take it all, so the victims will be back working for the Miami boys next year." We hope the story does reach the New York Times, and that the investigators stay healthy. -YiPster Times, March '77- pps. 97-98 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. 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