Ralph Riegel

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552 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Sep

Ralph Riegel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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He built big networks. matched

And it was towards the end of the period, it it's when he was first discovered associated with some notorious horse racing scams. matched

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the doping of horses, that the British Horse Racing Authority took action against him. matched

And he was banned from a lot of race courses. matched

Ultimately he was banned from the industry entirely. matched

But it was the circles that Wright was moving in. matched

He was very quickly realized in the 1970s and 80s, matched

That cocaine was emerging as the drug of choice for the middle classes and for affluent people. matched

And because of the difficulties in supplying the demand, the price was very high and there was serious money to be made. matched

And Wright realized that there was massive profits to be made in the delivery and distribution of cocaine. matched

The issue was getting it to market. matched

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And that's where he brought his contacts in and his networks. matched

And Wright was one of the very first Europeans to build alliances with the South American cartels. matched

So the South American cartels would supply the products. matched

Wright was the one who identified the people who could deal with the logistics. matched

And he also knew the people in Europe then who could deal with the distribution. matched

And for a number of years, it matched

It was literally like a money making machine. matched

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