The European Super Cartel : Chapter 7 The Rise of Raffaele Imperiale

The Cocaine Broker: The Rise of Raffaele Imperiale is a deep-dive investigative podcast that traces the extraordinary rise of one of Europe’s most elusive narcotics traffickers. Beginning in the nightlife and coffee-shop underworld of Amsterdam, the series follows Imperiale’s transformation from a small-time dealer into a global cocaine broker linking South American producers, Dutch traffickers, and powerful Camorra clans in Naples. Along the way the story moves through the violent Scampia war, the expansion of African smuggling routes, billion-euro cocaine shipments hidden in Brazilian stone cargo, and the lavish safe haven Imperiale built in Dubai. Through court records, investigative reporting, and insider testimony, the podcast reveals how a single broker helped shape the modern European cocaine trade—and how the world of narcos, betrayal, and unimaginable wealth eventually began to close in on him.