019: Jesse Coleman – The Sicilian Mob and Undercover Drug Deals

Retired Special Agent Jesse Coleman reviews 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 over 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. He spent most of his career working drug investigations targeting organized crime figures and pursuing high-profile, violent drug gang members. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.  https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-019-jesse-coleman-the-sicilian-mob-and-undercover-drug-deals/   Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email. Join here. http://eepurl.com/dzCCmL  Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction, available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold. https://jerriwilliams.com/books/