George Jung

George Jung is an American former smuggler and drug trafficker, known as one of the prominent names in the cocaine trade in the U.S. in the 1970s and the early 1980s. Born and raised in Massachusetts, George did not have a strong academic background. In his teenage years, he was arrested for solicitation of prostitution. Following his high-school graduation, he joined the ‘University of Southern Mississippi’ but dropped out soon. In his late teenage years, he began using marijuana and selling it to make some profit. He came in touch with a friend and started smuggling marijuana from California to New England. He soon began smuggling drugs through flights from California to Boston. The business boomed, and George grew rich. However, in 1974, he was arrested in Chicago. While in prison, he met another drug trafficker and stepped into the business of cocaine trade, flying cocaine from Pablo Escobar’s Colombian ranch into the U.S. George made millions before getting arrested again in the late 1980s. However, he did not quit the business and was arrested again in the 1990s. He was released from prison in 2017.