Beharry was wanted in the United States of America to face trial for drug trafficking. When he learned that our police officers were looking for him he brazenly called them to say that they should not pursue him because he did not sell any drugs domestically, but only exported drugs to the United States. This confession was taped in Trinidad and used in his trial in Florida. Beharry was extradited by Trinidad and Tobago to the United States and, as a result of the assistance of local officers in his prosecution, he was convicted and is now in an U.S. Federal Prison serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He will spend the rest of his natural life behind bars.
Traffickers enter the drug business only to make quick money.
We have to hit them where it hurts. Attacking their financial gains is the most effective way to hit them where they are most vulnerable. This drug money has to be laundered through the international financial system. The communications revolution, the globalization of financial markets and new technologies have transformed the way we do business. These advances are also being used by drug traffickers for their own benefit.