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I just want to make sure I've got this right. You hanged all three of them?" That's how it began, a case where the cops are crooks and the crooks are cops, a kidnapping where the victim is the bad guy, and the good guys must cross some lines to get him back. Welcome to the upside down and backward world of the undercover agent, where nothing is as it seems, and people may not be what they appear. Going Under by former undercover agent John Mad...

¿¿¿¿¿2023 Silver Falchion Award Finalist for Best Nonfiction2022 First-place Winner of Public Safety Writers Association's Writing Competition for Nonfiction "I just want to make sure I've got this right. You hanged all three of them? ..." That's how it began, a case where the cops are crooks and the crooks are cops, a kidnapping where the victim is the bad guy, and the good guys must cross some lines to get him back. Welcome to the upside...

I just want to make sure I've got this right. You hanged all three of them? ..." That's how it began, a case where the cops are crooks and the crooks are cops, a kidnapping where the victim is the bad guy, and the good guys must cross some lines to get him back. Welcome to the upside down and backward world of the undercover agent, where nothing is as it seems, and people - including the undercover - may not be what they appear. GOING UNDER: K...

In 1886, five men met at San Francisco's luxurious Baldwin Hotel to discuss a most profitable business: opium smuggling. The exploits of Will Whaley and his partners became the stuff of legend, with tales of landing contraband on deserted shores by the light of the moon, voyages across the Pacific, typhoons and shipwrecks. Their co-conspirator was the notorious Halcyon, a schooner that novelist Jack London once admiringly wrote sailed like a w...

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This book explores the covert and clandestine world of informants - revealing the secrets of how to find them and make the most out of them, while at the same time, avoiding the pitfalls of dealing with them.

Confidential Informant: Understanding Law Enforcement's Most Valuable Tool explores the covert and clandestine world of informants revealing the secrets of how to find them and make the most out of them, while at the same time, avoiding the pitfalls of dealing with them. TOC:Preface.- The Divine Manipulation of the Threads, The Informant in Law Enforcement.- The Weight of Betrayal.- Motivation and Behavior.- Informant Development.- Access. Inf...

The basics of finding illegal proceeds, tracing it, linking it to the criminal, and then seizing it are at the core of this book. This third edition has been updated to reflect recent important court decisions, changes in federal law relating to money laundering, and trends in crime and terrorism financing. A chapter on money laundering in connection with major frauds uses the Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford cases, among others, as examples. ...