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Locked Up Abroad

Hasidic King of Coke - 2

Locked Up Abroad

Wondery

Drugsmuggling, Oliver Stone, Society & Culture, Prison, Overseas, Jim Clemente, Locked, National Geographic, Billy Hayes, Abroad, Exhibit C, Smuggling, Drugs, Vacation, Midnight Express, Crime, Riveting

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Samuel Leibowitz lived a cloistered life in his religious community until he was lured into the dangerous underworld of drug smuggling. Samuel quickly rises through the ranks and become a major drug kingpin in Brazil. A devastating event throws his world for a loop, but it’s still not enough for him to walk away.

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0:00.0

I'm a Hasidic Orthodox Jew.

0:07.0

Drugs were not known in our community.

0:16.0

What is cocaine?

0:18.0

It's not mentioned in the Jewish religion.

0:20.0

That you are allowed that you're not allowed to deal in drugs. That was going to be the Jewish Pavlizkova.

0:25.0

Life is full of crime.

0:30.0

A bullet or something would end up in you.

0:33.0

Billions of dollars,

0:35.0

but there's going to be a time you're going to fall.

0:37.0

The game is over. You will die.

0:46.0

From Wundry, this is locked up abroad. I'm your host Jim Clemente.

0:56.0

The Citic King of Koch is the story of Samuel Leibowitz, a British Orthodox Jew.

1:02.0

Coming from the cloistered life in his religious community, he had never experienced the temptations of the secular world.

1:08.5

He unwittingly gets lured into the dangerous underworld of drug smuggling. The lavish lifestyle is very

1:14.3

appealing and he ultimately becomes a major drug kingpin in Brazil. He doesn't

1:19.1

truly understand the consequences until a devastating event occurs.

1:23.7

But this isn't enough for him to walk away, leading to a terrifying stint in the deadly

1:28.6

Karandiru jail. I'm a Hasidic Orthodox Jew at where I was brought up in London. It's very strict home.

1:41.0

Very rarely that we should mix with the outside world.

1:46.0

We brought up in our own schools segregated. There was a lot of times, you know, we got bullied by the neighborhood kids.

2:00.0

My parents decided to me when I was 17 that I should get married. I said dad I'm not

2:10.6

interested to get married yet. I was told I'm engaged with some girl.

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