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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

FromFBI Retired Case File Review


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

FromFBI Retired Case File Review

ratings:
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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Jerri Williams is a retired FBI agent and author on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what the FBI does by conducting interviews with retired FBI agents about their most intriguing and high-profiled cases, reviewing how the FBI is portrayed in books, TV, and movies, and recommending crime fiction and dramas. Photos and links to articles about the cases and topics discussed can be found at www.jerriwilliams.com.