The Japan Times64%
A cocaine bust in Spain leads all the way to Wall Street 38%
By Rodrigo Orihuela0% Donal Griffin0%
7/15/2026, 8:38:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 52.9% saturation with 54 hits. Analysis detected 174 faulty-reasoning hits from 102 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 44.1% and a BS Rank of 38% (9,899 of 15,918 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 62.20% of the article peer group.
It was supposed to be a cargo of bananas from Latin America.
What Spanish police found on the ship in the Mediterranean port of Algeciras instead were 13 tons of cocaine.
The drug bust in the fall of 2024 became the biggest in Spain’s history at the time.
The ensuing investigation has now revealed what authorities allege was a financial network used to launder money running all the way to the founders of a special-purpose acquisition company in Newport Beach, California, that raised $200 million from investors just last year.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorRodrigo Orihuela
0%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Anchoring Bias
16.7%Anchoring Bias
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16.7%AuthorRodrigo Orihuela
8.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Availability Heuristic
41.2%Availability Heuristic
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41.2%AuthorRodrigo Orihuela
20.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
52.9%Framing Effect
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52.9%AuthorRodrigo Orihuela
26.5%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
18.6%Negativity Bias
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18.6%AuthorRodrigo Orihuela
9.3%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
41.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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41.2%AuthorRodrigo Orihuela
20.6%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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102 words analyzed.
Analysis
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