/i just re-read the news about the Roberto Scoppa bust earlier this year and he bragged to an informant that he made $1 million/year while importing 100 kilos each month. So that's less than $1000 profit per kilo, which seems insanely low.
That doesn't seem to be worth it, unless he was just a transporter getting paid $1000/kilo, not buying with his own money. Seems like it might be better to just sell grams out of a bar or have 2-3 runners, instead of dealing with insane Mexicans, setting up logistics from Mexico to Canada and risk losing huge amounts of $ in a bust only to make $80K per month. A small retail crew would probably make as much money with less risk and hassle.
Andrea Scoppa said he was only making $2,000 per kilo himself and we're talking about a long time gangster who was doing it for over 20 years before he died. It does seem low but who knows?
