Al Peratt’s trafficking career started when he was in the military: legal clerk by day, hashish dealer at night. The gig turned to heroin, and after a lengthy prison sentence, to dealing meth in San Diego’s biker scene. He later fled the city—but not his old habits. In the Black Hills of rural South Dakota, he started one of the area’s biggest meth rings.

Join Mariana deeper in the underground, and don’t miss the TV series Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller Wednesdays on National Geographic and streaming on Hulu.

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