The Infiltrator

My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel

By: Robert Mazur

Narrated by: Robert Mazur

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Federal Agent Robert Mazur spent five years undercover as a money launderer to the international underworld, gaining access to the zenith of a criminal hierarchy safeguarded by a circle of dirty bankers and businessmen who quietly shape power across the globe. These men and women control multibillion-dollar drug-trafficking empires, running their organizations like public companies. Accountants, attorneys, and financial advisors, their roots run deep in their communities, and they are laundering billions of dollars a year, manipulating complex international finance systems to serve drug lords, corrupt politicians, tax cheats, and terrorists.

In 1987 Mazur began infiltrating BCCI, the bankers behind the Medellín cartel. He meticulously gathered evidence for years until, during a fake wedding, federal agents arrested over 40 high-ranking criminals, who were all found guilty and sent to prison. Never before told, this is the incredible true story of how he did it.

©2015 Robert Mazur (P)2015 Random House Audio

Great book but let down by the narrator.

I would give it five stars except the author was not the right choice to read the book. He was generally flat and monotonous.

I just found it very interesting

Like the the story alot enjoyed it had a lot of facts and the overview was very insightful

Fantastic! One of the best undercover reads out there.

This book is fantastic in both subject matter and delivery. The level of detail and candor are several notches above many books in the genre.

kind of scary

after reading this I began to wonder about the dollar. very good read for me.

our wonderful gov at work

What made the experience of listening to The Infiltrator the most enjoyable?

to learn the IRS are bigger crooks than the crooks

What did you like best about this story?

i just kept shaking my head

Have you listened to any of Robert Mazur’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

If you could give The Infiltrator a new subtitle, what would it be?

big brother is watching and he is a legal crook who is a bigger crook than you

Any additional comments?

nice to see my tax dollars pay for these guys (IRS) to live a lie, scam from crooks and get away with it. no wonder they purchased millions or rounds of ammo. they may need it after people read this book.

Astonishing, Alarming and Completely Engrossing

Robert Mazur has served his country above and beyond any job description. His integrity, courage, and deep grasp of the drug and money-laundering world make him a national treasure in my book. This book is worth every minute of readers’ time. My understanding of our country and its politics has forever changed.

Review?

I wish I read/listened to the book before watching the movie.
I'm not much for words on reviews. I enjoyed it!
You can't have Richard Attenborough, James Earl Jones, or Morgan Freeman narrating every story.

Damn interesting as well as entertaining!

After watching the Bryan Cranston movie based on this story I decided to listen to the book and as usual the novel is packed with far more details and also includes a side of the story that wasn't really portrayed in the movie. That story explains how Mazur had to deal with the corruption of the people who were supposed to be helping him while instead only were only focused on furthering their own careers, even if it meant putting him and other undercover agents at major risk of being discovered and very likely killed. I won't ruin the ending but I will say the last chapter or two will put a smile on your face after hearing the authors unnecessary struggle caused by his own bosses and fellow agents.
The only detractor from this novel would be that it sometimes gets bogged down in all the fine details and conversations that occurred throuought the investigation. This, to me, is understandable as the author clearly intended to write the full, true story as it happened and in doing so had to cover all the bases of what went on.
If you buy this book you will not be wasting your money!

very nice book

great true story. very interesting life and career. he pulls no punches. i would suggest this book

expose on US government

remarkabke and memorablrle heroism of some patriots in the field despite traitors in high office. the latter all too common.