Change, yes. But everything except his ego will do just fine if he drops down to 1% of his current wealth.

You mean his reputation. He’s still the richest man in the world.

That makes some sense. When you’re smuggling something you want it as pure as possible, so it takes up less space and is harder to detect. You cut it with something else after you smuggle it.

The same thing happened during prohibition. They smuggled hard liquor, not beer.

They’d definitely do that, and add some other creative charges as well.