Robert Mazur tells the full story of his time as a government agent investigating drug-money laundering. Mazur went undercover for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service intelligence division, and the Customs Service.

In Operation C-Chase, Mazur successfully infiltrated the Medellín 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 Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Pacho Herrera, and José Santacruz Londoño.

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.

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...
Read his first memoir, "The Infiltrator," about his time investigating the Medellín cartel:
https://www.amazon.com/Infiltrator-Ag...

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00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Creating The Persona
03:50 - Cartel Connections
05:22 - The Traffickers
07:57 - The Black-Money Market
11:00 - Collecting The Cash
14:43 - Layering
16:04 - The Surveillance
18:32 - Surviving Undercover
21:47 - Corrupt Banks
25:33 - The Middlemen
32:50 - Death Threats
34:24 - The Cali Cartel
38:39- The Betrayal
41:58 - The Future Of Money Laundering
45:18 - The Aftermath
46:26 - Credits

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