I had a friend from university who tried to smuggle cocaine from Las Vegas to Australia. He was coerced by a guy working at Vice and was introduced to the opportunity through a drug dealer / nightlife mutual connection. I remember he bet me $20 he could beat me at 1v1 basketball. He would participate in pyramid schemes and was a club promoter too. I heard he came from a wealthy or at least upper middle class family in the Middle East.

Initially he was supposed to escort someone else doing the smuggling and get paid, but then the job changed. He said no, so they threatened his safety and his younger sisters safety who was also studying in Canada. He got caught and sentenced to years in jail in Australia.