Sam Jones
Madrid correspondent for The Guardian with expertise in European and Spanish affairs, reporting on narco-sub seizures and trafficking routes.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 20min
The rise of the cocaine submarine
Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent with frontline experience of narco‑sub seizures; Sam Jones, Madrid correspondent tracking trafficking routes. They map how semi‑submersibles are built and crewed. They trace sightings and seizures in Europe, describe cramped conditions aboard, and explain why these vessels evade detection and what that reveals about global drug networks.
