Using the poppies, Kananga hopes to flood the U.S.
Kananga grows vast quantities of opium in San Monique's poppy fields under the protection of large camouflage nets and guarded by the mystical Baron Samedi. Kananga is the de facto dictator of the fictional Caribbean island of San Monique and thus has certain diplomatic immunities in the United States easily allowing him to smuggle drugs into the country. As Big, he is also the head of one of the most vicious street gangs in Harlem. Big', is a businessman and owner of a chain of restaurants in New York City and New Orleans called 'Fillet of Soul'.