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Get the inside look at an FBI undercover operation that exposed an Italian mafioso's global crime network.
This remarkable and entertaining story takes readers through the challenges, twists and turns, and inevitable administrative roadblocks one encounters while running a high-profile and complex FBI investigation. Interwoven throughout the story are highlights of key bureaucratic changes driven by culture and policy that took place within the FBI at the time. Jerry Hester explains how those changes had a negative impact on not only the Paesan Blues investigation but also the entire future of the FBI's effectiveness and reputation.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Where do I begin.
Chapter 2 - Getting there.
Chapter 3 - Making a case, Miami style.
Chapter 4 - To catch a Fish.
Chapter 5 - On the hook.
Chapter 6 - When in Rome.
Chapter 7 - I want a Lawyer.
Chapter 8 - Say it ain't so, Joe.
Chapter 9 - With friends like these.....
Chapter 10 - Culture, Policy, Career.
Chapter 11 - Manny the Businessman.
Chapter 12 - "Ricardo"
Chapter 13 - Big cases, big problems.
Chapter 14 - Keeping up with Jones.
Chapter 15 - Meet the new Boss.
Chapter 16 - Party planner
Chapter 17 - Give me the phone.
Chapter 18 - Bad vibe.
Chapter 19 - Yes way, Jose.
Chapter 20 - Bella Ciao.
Chapter 21 - Wannabe Case Agent.
Chapter 22 - The Confessor.
Chapter 23 - This is the guy?
Chapter 24 - The Pitch.
Chapter 25 - No problem, brother.
Epilogue
About the Author
About the author
By Jerry Hester
Summary
No other investigation across his entire FBI career would ever match the level of intensity, excitement, suspense, and drama of operation “Paesan Blues”—this book is the inside look at that undercover investigation centered on an Italian mafioso and his associates in Miami and Italy.
