How drug-money laundering actually works, according to a former undercover agent

In Operation C-Chase, Mazur successfully infiltrated the Medelln cartel by posing as a wealthy, mob-connected businessman named Robert Musella. He established connections with Pablo Escobar's lawyer Gonzalo Mora and Escobar's trafficker Roberto Alcaino. At the height of its power, the cartel is estimated to have supplied over 80% of all cocaine shipped to the US, around 15 tons a day.

In Operation Promo, Mazur posed as an Italian American businessman named Robert Baldasare to expose money-laundering networks associated with the Cali cartel. At its peak, the Cali cartel is estimated to have produced 80% of the world's cocaine supply. It was controlled by Gilberto Rodrguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodrguez Orejuela, Pacho Herrera, and Jos Santacruz Londoo. 

Mazur is the author of "The Infiltrator," which became a New York Times bestseller and spawned a 2016 film of the same title, starring Bryan Cranston (as Mazur), John Leguizamo, and Diane Kruger. Today, Mazur speaks and consults on the issues of money laundering, drug trafficking, and corruption around the world through his company, KYC Solutions.

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For more information about Mazur's speaking, expert witness, and consulting services, visit: https://www.robertmazur.com/ Read his latest memoir, "The Betrayal," about his second undercover operation on the inside of the Cali cartel: https://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Story-Brush-Narcos-Launderers-ebook/dp/B095BKWD8L Read his first memoir, "The Infiltrator," about his time investigating the Medelln cartel: https://www.amazon.com/Infiltrator-Against-Biggest-Cartel-History/dp/0316077526

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