The Infiltrator: The True Story of One Man Against the Biggest Drug Cartel in History

by Robert Mazur

Overview

Federal Agent Robert Mazur spent five years undercover as a money launderer to the international underworld, gaining access to the zenith of a criminal hierarchy safeguarded by a circle of dirty bankers and businessmen who quietly shape power across the globe. These men and women control multibillion-dollar drug-trafficking empires, running their organizations like public companies. Accountants, attorneys, and financial advisors, their roots run deep in their communities, and they are laundering billions of dollars a year, manipulating complex international finance systems to serve drug lords, corrupt politicians, tax cheats, and terrorists. In 1987, Mazur began infiltrating BCCI, bankers behind the Medellín cartel. He meticulously gathered evidence for years until, during a fake wedding, federal agents arrested over 40 high-ranking criminals, who were all found guilty and sent to prison. Never before told, this is the incredible, true story of how he did it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316080378
Publisher:	Little, Brown & Company
Publication date:	07/27/2009
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	76,213
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Robert Mazur served for 27 years as a federal special agent for the IRS, the Customs Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Now the president of Chase and Associates, an agency that advises law firms and public companies on banking protocols and risk assessment, he lives in Florida with his family.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Day of Reckoning ix

1 In the Beginning 3

2 The Birth of Robert Musella 15

3 Setting the Stage for the Colombians 31

4 The Bank of Credit and Commerce International 45

5 The Jeweler 55

6 The Golden Hook 69

7 The Magic of Panama 83

8 Pushing Buttons 95

9 Politics 110

10 Los Duros and Los Angeles 127

11 Luring Them In 135

12 The Fight Before Europe 152

13 The European Plan 167

14 Medellin Invades Paris 182

15 Revelations 203

16 The Enemy Within 219

17 The First Big Catch 236

18 The Confessional 257

19 Loose Ends 270

20 The Takedown 288

21 Battles 306

22 The Trials 315

Epilogue: The Aftermath 339

Glossary of Names 347

Acknowledgments 359

Index 361