Atacama is a desert in Chile and the driest nonpolar desert in the world. Sounds like a place you do not want to get lost in!
Naturally, Operation Atacama was the name given to a law enforcement action that unraveled a ring that was behind the theft and smuggling of Capiapoa, a prized cactus from the region.
Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler’s downfall [BBC] – “In 2013, customs at Milano Malpensa Airport intercepted an unusual shipment of 143 cactus plants with visibly suspicious forged phytosanitary documents directed straight to his house in Senigallia, Ancona. Upon further inspection, police found even more boxes of cacti at his home and the home of a friend in a town nearby.”