Storefront Sting

An ATF Agent's Life Undercover

Lou Valoze, Brian Whitney (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8819-0 (ISBN)

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This thrilling story memorializes one of the most dangerous - and successful - series of undercover operations conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Written by the ATF special agent, this book is the first time that the true story of these secretive operations will be told.

This thrilling story memorializes one of the most dangerous--and successful--series of undercover operations conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Written by the special agent who took these operations from disrupting small time fencing schemes to infiltrating major criminal organizations, this book is the first story of these secretive operations.

During the operation's run from 2006 to 2014, Lou Valoze's fictitious businesses allowed his team of undercover agents to take thousands of weapons out of circulation and millions of dollars of drugs off the street. Through these covert "storefront" operations, the author developed a unique investigative blueprint for removing guns from the hands of violent felons and drug dealers. This book also explores the dark reality of living a double life and how it becomes difficult to tell the difference between the good guys and bad guys.

Lou Valoze, a retired federal agent who currently serves as an instructor for law enforcement officers, spent the last two decades of his career working in an undercover capacity for high profile, complex investigations of home invasion crews, outlaw motorcycle organizations, organized crime groups and murder-for-hire schemes. He lives in Savannah, Georgia. Brian Whitney has been a prisoner advocate, a landscaper, and a homeless outreach worker. He has written or co-authored books and articles in numerous mass market publications, as well as had many television appearances. He lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Javier Peña

Introduction

One. Going Undercover

Two. Colur Tyme

Three. Street Theater

Four. Stolen Teeth

Five. All for One Guy

Six. Statesboro Blues

Seven. Petey

Eight. Operation Thunderbolt

Nine. The Spiderweb

Ten. Hiding in Plain Slight

Eleven. The Takedown

Twelve. The Russians

Thirteen. Wali

Fourteen. Operation Pulaski

Fifteen. The Deal Room

Sixteen. The Big Show

Seventeen. Internal Affairs

Eighteen. False Accusations

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	23 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	249 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-8819-2 / 1476688192
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8819-0 / 9781476688190
Zustand	Neuware