Robert Mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal hierarchy of Colombia's drug cartels The dirty bankers & 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 & flew in private jets But under Mazur's designer suits & 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 & women were charged worldwide Operation C-Chase became one of the most successful undercover operations in the history of US law enforcement & evidence gathered during the bust proved critical to the conviction of General Manuel Noriega The Infiltrator is the true story of how Mazur's undercover work helped bring down the unscrupulous bankers who manipulated complex international finance systems to serve drug lords
- including Pablo Escobar & the infamous Medillin cartel
- corrupt politicians tax cheats & terrorists It is a shocking chronicle of the rise & fall of perhaps the biggest & most intricate money-laundering operation of all time & at its heart it's a vivid portrait of an undercover life & the sacrifices it requires Filled with dangerous lies near misses & harrowing escapes The Infiltrator is as bracing & explosive as the greatest fiction thrillers
- only it's all true