Unveiling the CIA's Connection to the Islamic State through a Hash Kingpin

• The multinational collaboration was needed to catch Bril, who managed to smuggle 400 tons of hashish every year worth billions of dollars.

• Berel's innovative smuggling route from Morocco to Europe, using speedboats and jet skis, shows the evolving tactics of drug traffickers.

• The riff region is considered to be quite Lawless, allowing for basically anything without repercussions, which is why about 80% of the hashish that comes out of Morocco is grown there.

• Investigators seized hashish worth more than $3 billion over 3 years, highlighting the scale of the illegal operation and its connection to the new route.

• The CIA has been involved in tactics that encourage organizations to become drug smuggling havens in order to self-sustain their funding.

• The CIA has a history of helping organizations self-fund through the sale of illicit substances, potentially including the Islamic State.