George Jung was an American former smuggler and drug trafficker, known as one of the prominent figures in the cocaine trade in the U.S. during the 1970s and early 1980s. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Jung did not have a strong academic background. In his teenage years, he was arrested for solicitation of prostitution. Following his high school graduation, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi but dropped out shortly thereafter. In his late teenage years, he began using marijuana and selling it for profit. He connected with a friend and started smuggling marijuana from California to New England. He soon began transporting drugs via flights from California to Boston. The business boomed, and George grew wealthy. However, in 1974, he was arrested in Chicago. While in prison, he met another drug trafficker and entered the cocaine trade, flying cocaine from Pablo Escobar’s Colombian ranch into the U.S. Jung made millions before being arrested again in the late 1980s. However, he did not quit the business and was arrested once more in the 1990s. He was released from prison in 2014.