An Australian man has admitted to his role in a sprawling transnational conspiracy to traffic drugs and launder money. Jordan Curry, 42, originating from the United Arab Emirates, pleaded guilty to charges linked with a scheme that moved cocaine and methamphetamine from South America and Mexico through the U.S. to Australia and Europe. The news comes following a thorough investigation that involved multiple international law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday.

Curry confessed to orchestrating the drug operation between 2019 to 2021, directly engaging in high-level trafficking and controls to ensure that drug prices remained inflated in Australia. From his base in Dubai, he was purported to rapidly have attempted to move monetary proceeds in complex laundering schemes. Details reveal that Curry was involved in coordinating substantial cash drops amounting to more than $1,000,200 AUD in Sydney and payouts in Bogota.

The investigation, which eventually caught Curry, was an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation, a prosecutor-led enterprise focusing on dismantling high-threat criminal organizations. Curry's negotiation for a cocaine shipment from Colombia, through Mexico, to Los Angeles, and then Australia in 2020 was closely monitored during this undercover sting. He was eventually caught when a courier, allegedly working under Curry's directions, was stopped by Australian law enforcement, which uncovered $2,996,610 AUD in his vehicle.

Curry is now facing a potential life sentence, with his judgment scheduled to be passed on October 16 by the U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga. “He faces up to life in prison,” according to the United States Attorney's Office website. The decision will consider the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. The collaboration between DEA offices in Miami, Sydney, and the Athens County Office was crucial in uncovering illegal activities across several continents. 

Details about the case are publicly available on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida or on the PACER service under case number 21-cr-20270. Law enforcement across the globe remains vigilant, working together to dismantle these networks and remove the threats posed by organized crime to international security.