All language subtitles for Ibiza.Secrets.of.the.Party.Island.S01E04.Episode.4.1080p.iP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-AEK_track3_[eng]-en

Hidden among the villas of Ibiza...

..lie the hubs of the drugs trade
on the island...

..where organised crime groups
have created powerful networks.

This way? Si. Thank you.

The elite drugs unit of the
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POLICE OFFICER SHOUTS

..and more waiting
to take their place.

We need somewhere to put
the aerial artists. OK.

Ibiza is elevating.

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Ibiza!

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It's not as nice as mine
but it's still very nice.

HE LAUGHS

From the streets...

The police have found something
called pink cocaine.

CAR ENGINE REVS

..to the hilltop villas...

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..and what's at stake for the Brits
who flock here.

Are you fearful that this could be
the future of Ibiza?

September.

Ibiza is hitting the next phase
of its party season.

The summer hordes have left,

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that keep the party going.

I've heard there'd a bigshot lawyer
in town who's defended

some of the biggest drug kingpins
from all over the world.

So I'm about to meet a criminal
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How are you? Thank you so much for
coming to me. It's a pleasure.

Thank you.
I know you're a busy man.

More than I wish.

So you're a
criminal defence lawyer.

What sorts of cases
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Ricardo's client, who's facing
drug trafficking charges,

is being held in Ibiza's only jail.

It's lunchtime in Ibiza Town,

where some of the best restaurants
around are getting ready

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Her mum's along to help.

We've got bottomless brunches
from 9, so we need to make sure

when everyone's sat down
we've got their orders.

Continuous flow of the cocktails,
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It's money Barley and her friend
Angelica want to get closer to.

A friend asked, "Oh, can I help
them get a table?"

and there were 17 of them.

So it was 24 grand.

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I know.

And then they wonder why
so many people take drugs

because no-one can afford
to get drunk. Exactly.

Yeah, exactly. I mean, yeah.

I know. Yeah, exactly.

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and I think people think they can
party, work, and still feel OK.

You can't go to the club till 6
in the morning, five days a week

back in Surrey.

But you can here
and it's socially acceptable.

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..and down on the strip, Faris,
the viral king of Ibiza,

is looking for new volunteers
for his content.

We're off to find Declan.

He's meeting up
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Saturday night, I got a taxi.

Then about half an hour later
I thought,

"I feel like I've forgot something."

I've only gone and left me suitcase,
me passport,

all of my clothes, everything,
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Well, you know what, Dec, it's not
the first time you've lost a bag,

is it? Jesus Christ. Terrible.
You can't say that, mate.

My body's a temple.

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Drugs are a massive thing over here.

It's crazy because I really think
probably over 90% of the people

who come to the island
are drug taking.

But I am part of the 10%
who doesn't do any of that

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That's BLEEP.

He's famous on the island.

He's like a 24-hour delivery
service, one man band.

Any time, any place, anything,

he will literally deliver it
to your door.

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I knew coming to this island
that it's a party island,

and with party comes drugs.

But every day,
I'm seeing drug dealers

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delivering thousands of passengers
and cars onto the island.

I've finally got access to GAR -

the elite muscle men
of the Spanish Civil Guard.

Hi. Can I ask,
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when people and cars are
getting off the large boats.

And, you know, before you know it,

they've dissipated
through the island,

they've distributed
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I mean, the Guardia Civil
have literally,

completely shut off one lane.

It was very quick,
they were all out the cars

putting the cones down,
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They're not focusing so much
on retrieving a small quantity

of drugs from a car,

that's not really what
they're looking for here.

It's the much wider operations
and the organised crime,

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It's mid-September,

and the A-listers and super rich
are still arriving

in private jets at Ibiza Airport...

..keeping the VIP culture
constantly topped up.

There's so much space here
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so it's very safe here.
Secure, yeah.

However, the owner is asking around
100,000 per week for this

in peak season, and for that price
I think it has to be perfect.

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but it's got so much potential.
Yeah.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hi. Hiya. How are you?
How are you, darling? How are you?

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I think everyone's ready for a
little bit of a break. Yep.

How many clients have we had this
year? Over 500 or something.

Wow, that's fantastic. Yeah.

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for that amount of money.
Sure, sure.

And I think that can sometimes
be what the issue is.

It's double bubble out here,
for what you get. Yeah.

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more than I could have imagined.

And percentage wise? What do you
think we're up on last year?

Over double last year.
Over double? Yeah, amazing. Wow.

And the growth's been incredible.
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ALICE LAUGHS

No worries, did you get
the champagne?

Thank you.

Instead of providing luxury
for everyone else,

they're joining the
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Right - three, two, one.

THEY SCREAM

What a good day off work.

San Josep police station,
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The police seem sympathetic,

even a little angry.

When you spend some time
on this island,

you start to understand
the real cost of luxury.

This island is so incredible
in so many ways,

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In among the designer shops
at the centre of Ibiza Town

is the island's courthouse,

where drugs crime takes up
much of everyone's time.

Ricardo's British client
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I've been on a few shifts with
the island's ambulance crews,

and I know that the vast majority
of their call-outs

are for drug-related incidents.

Girl, 22 years old, with poisoning
for drugs in a hotel.

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But every year, Jose and his team
encounter newly-formulated drugs

mixed and distributed on the island.

I got some interesting insight
from the paramedics here

that there are so many new
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It's late September
and so far this year,

Ibiza's tourists have spent nearly
4 billion euros while staying here.

Servicing the super-rich
visiting this summer

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Car, ferry,

planes, private jets.

I can't go anywhere without them.

I think people expect
that I'm out every night,

I'm going from one party to another.

But I'll, like, pop to a party
now and again

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so it did kind of motivate me
that I had to work.

You know, I had a paper round
since I was 13, 14-years-old,

then I was waitressing.

I've constantly been working
through my whole life.

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had messaged me,
and it was 300 individual people.

Bearing in mind that is just like
back and forward conversations,

but it was like
300 conversations at the same time.

One of the design team
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"I just wanted to ask you
what things do you do

"to help your mental health,

"especially during busy summers
and party season?"

Nothing.

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Since I've been here,

I've seen how expensive it is to
live on this island.

Yeah, it's not cheap.

Have you made enough money this
summer to live the lifestyle

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I might start it up
but I haven't felt the need to,

and I haven't really
wanted to do it.

I want to try and be able to like
be self-sufficient without it.

Do you think people come to Ibiza

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"Not work very hard."

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Is there a difference between the
image and the lifestyle of Ibiza

that Instagram sells
versus the reality?

100%. Like, you'll see on Instagram
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MUSIC: Thinking About You
by Calvin Harris

It's week 24 of the
summer season in Ibiza.

That's more than 3,000 parties
at the big clubs.

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It's not just all glamour, you know?

Everyone just sees the nightlife,
the sports cars, the yachts,

they see the models, they see
the money, the fame, the fortunes,

but to be able to live in that
and make it real,

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if I'm honest.

Lots of work, lots of opportunities,
amazing experiences,

memories I'll keep with me for life.

Piggyback. Wahey!

And, you know, I don't want to be
in an office 9-to-5,

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He's got his passport,
though not his trousers.

So fucked last night.

Oh, my God! I've only got
two hours, actually,

two hours till the flight.

But I've not got a bag
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and just have a week of smashing it.

But it's so much more than
your Magalufs and your Zantes

and things like that.
It's just a special, special place.

After two weeks away, defence lawyer
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Are the police doing enough
to tackle

the issue of drugs on this island?

But if drugs were more legalised
and controlled,

then you'd have no clients.

Mm-hm.

There's still no news
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In here, this area, many of them
think that they can do

whatever they want,
because they said that,

"Oh, we thought that we could take
drugs here, there's no problem."

I can see that dealing with
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and this one was very hard for us,
because we need more...

Need more people to work together.

Mid-October. It's one of the biggest
party weekends in Ibiza.

Thousands fly in just to enjoy
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Tony Truman's expecting at least
a thousand guests through the doors.

Up by the bar,
one of the high tables,

just go and sit on one of them.

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I'm with Alice. She's on her way
to celebrate with Tony,

having waved goodbye
to her last VIP client.

There was one of
the closing parties,

and it was completely sold out,

and we had a client offering 30,000
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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to
O Beach, Ibiza!

CHEERING

2023 has been a record year
for Ibiza,

with over 3 million tourists
flooding in,

spending more money
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How are we?
I'm good! How are you?

I'm good. How have you been?
It's closing party.

Yeah, this is it. This is it.
This is the end now.

This is the last day
of the last week of summer 2023.

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But I think that's the love
of San Antonio.

It mixes it all up, and that's what
puts a smile on my face.

I like seeing people, whether
you're a binman or a billionaire,

enjoying themselves
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that I didn't really know
existed before.

But at the same time, I think that
people are always going to

want to come here, because Ibiza is
just the place to come.

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and people are willing to pay the
price, no matter what that price is.

I don't know if Ibiza is ever
going to, like,

lose its magic in that way.

It's incredible.