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THE HORSE WHISPERER

three will get arrested. But for them, it doesn't matter. It's just one less number in your account business. Who does this is just the big cartels, like Colombians, Peruvians; they have 20 tonnes, they know they will lose 2 tonnes on the way. But still they have big, big money because they send 18 successfully. It's not my way. I have one guy, 5 kilos of cocaine, and if I lose 2, oh it's a big loss.

– Andre

Customs officers at Hato Airport on Curaçao accomplished a record catch in August 2002, when Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his wife Máxima were on board a flight to Amsterdam following a tour of the Antilles. Ninety-nine smugglers had checked in for the flight, expecting that passengers would not be checked if members of the royal family were on board.

– Spiegel Online, 11 February 2004

There are 32 of those flights a week [from the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean – a transshipment point for cocaine – to Amsterdam], with as many as 40 passengers on each plane carrying drugs. Last year 2176 smugglers from the Dutch Antilles were arrested at Schiphol [Amsterdam Airport] and six tonnes of cocaine seized.

– The Mail on Sunday, London, 15 February 2004

In my business, I send one horse and I put all my energy to have success with this one. I don't put 10 knowing I am to lose five. I don't like to play with the life of other people. Everyone who spends three years, five years, seven years in the jail – doesn't matter Brazil, Europe, Bali – this destroys your life. I don't like that. If this happens, I help, give money, give lawyers, support the family. I don't like to see the horse bust. I play one by one, I like to be a success. I teach them step by step like a kid. Talk for two days about their comportment