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Infiltration

Infiltration

The True Story of the Man Who Cracked the Mafia

by Colin McLaren
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/02/2011

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A blistering tale of the only undercover cop to infiltrate the Griffith Mafia-the biggest undercover sting in Australia's history.

For two years police detective Colin McLaren disappears off the face of the earth, surfacing in Griffith as a dodgy art dealer with a pretty girlfriend, and talks his way into the Mafia. For days, weeks, then months and years, Colin eats with them, sits in their homes and cuddles their kids, all the while climbing the N'Drangheta, finally befriending the Griffith Godfather, Antonio Romeo.

This is the world of listening devices, wire taps and of trying to stay sane while doing deals to buy pure cocaine and tonnes of cannabis. In the meantime, the Mafiosi know they have a snitch and are leaving no stone unturned in their search for the traitor ...

Infiltration tells the story of two of the bloodiest decades in organised crime, when the ethos was to shoot first and ask questions later.
ISBN:
9780522857467
9780522857467
Category:
True crime
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-02-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
448
Dimensions (mm):
227x153x26mm
Weight:
0.42kg
Colin McLaren

Colin McLaren was one of Australia's finest detectives; he travelled the world on high-end investigations during the 1980s and 1990s. He faced down the underbelly of Australian crime and his work has been the subject of many police genre documentaries and television series.

A film of his hugely successful first book, Infiltration, the true story of his efforts as an undercover cop, was made in 2011. Colin writes constantly and is a regular advisor to TV and cinema productions.

His investigation into JFK s death has been exhaustive: he spent 4.5 years on his cold case study and forensic analysis of all the testimonies and police reports to uncover the truth. He has made a powerful US-based documentary about JFK's murder that will screen worldwide in November 2013 - the fiftieth anniversary of the President's death.

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