French Connection

Based in FranceDefunct1930s-1970sSourcesFrench Connection

The French Connection was a heroin smuggling scheme that operated from the 1930s to the 1970s, trafficking heroin from Indochina through Turkey to France and then to the United States and Canada. It was headed by Corsican gangsters Antoine Guérini and Paul Carbone, and supplied the majority of heroin in the US during its peak in the 1960s. The operation was dismantled in the 1970s.

CRIMENET has extracted 4 linkages for this organization, including 2 cooperative ties across 1 organization, 2 other connections and footprints in 3 countries.

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CanadaOperations
The French Connection smuggled heroin to Canada.
Sources: French Connection
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TurkeySupply
The French Connection sourced raw opium from Turkey, where farmers sold excess to the underworld.
Sources: French Connection
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United StatesOperations
The French Connection smuggled heroin to the United States, where it was distributed and used.
Sources: French Connection