PublishedCorgi Books, July 2015 |
ISBN9780552172059 |
FormatSoftcover, 384 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 12.8cm × 2.5cm |
Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia s drug cartels. The dirty bankers and businessmen he befriended knew him as Bob Musella, a wealthy, mob-connected big shot living the good life. Together they partied in expensive hotels, drank the world s finest champagnes, drove Rolls-Royce convertibles and flew in private jets.
But under Mazur s designer suits and hidden away in his quality briefcase, recorders whirred quietly, capturing the damning evidence of their crimes. Then, at his own staged wedding, he led a dramatic takedown that shook the underworld. In the end, more than eighty men and women were charged worldwide. Operation C-Chase became one of the most successful undercover operations in the history of US law enforcement, and evidence gathered during the bust proved critical to the conviction of General Manuel Noriega. The Infiltrator is the story of how Mazur helped bring down the unscrupulous bankers who manipulated complex international finance systems to serve drug lords - including Pablo Escobar - corrupt politicians, tax cheats and terrorists. It is a shocking chronicle of the rise and fall of per
