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Episode 019: Jesse Coleman – The Sicilian Mob and Undercover Drug Deals
Episode 019: Jesse Coleman – The Sicilian Mob and Undercover Drug Deals
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Retired Special Agent Jesse Coleman served in the FBI for nearly 28 years. He spent most of his career working drug investigations targeting organized crime figures and pursuing high-profile, violent drug gang members. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, Jesse is interviewed about the two-year period he went undercover as a drug dealer selling cocaine and heroin to made members of the Sicilian mob. During the undercover investigation, he secretly recorded more than 200 conversations between him and the subjects. Jesse's efforts resulted in the arrest and conviction of 20 members of the mob family operating in the U.S., in addition to the head of the family who lived in Sicily, Italy. Jesse was awarded the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Agent of the Year in 1991 for his undercover role in this investigation.
Released:
May 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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