The Infiltrator: Undercover in the World of Drug Barons and Dirty Banks

About this book

Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombias 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 worlds finest champagnes drove Rolls-Royce convertibles and flew in private jets. But under Mazurs 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 perhaps the biggest and most intricate money-laundering operation of all time - an enterprise that cleaned and moved hundreds of millions of dollars a year. And at its heart its a stunning and vivid portrait of an undercover life and the sacrifice it requires. Filled with dangerous lies near misses and harrowing escapes The Infiltrator is as exciting and explosive as the greatest fiction thrillers - only its all true.