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The mastermind : drugs, empire, murder, betrayal, Evan Ratliff

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It all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of painkillers to American customers. It would not stop there. Before long, the business had turned into a sprawling multinational conglomerate engaged in almost every conceivable aspect of criminal mayhem. Yachts carrying $100 million in cocaine. Safe houses in Hong Kong filled with gold bars. Shipments of methamphetamine from North Korea. Weapons deals with Iran. Mercenary armies in Somalia. Teams of hit men in the Philippines. Encryption programs so advanced that the government could not break them. The man behind it all, pulling the strings from a laptop in Manila, was Paul Calder Le Roux--a reclusive programmer turned criminal genius who could only exist in the networked world of the twenty-first century, and the kind of self-made crime boss that American law enforcement had never imagined. For half a decade, DEA agents played a global game of cat-and-mouse with Le Roux as he left terror and chaos in his wake. Each time they came close, he would slip away. It would take relentless investigative work, and a shocking betrayal from within his organization, to catch him. And when he was finally caught, the story turned again, as Le Roux struck a deal to bring down his own organization and the people he had once employed. Award-winning investigative journalist Evan Ratliff spent four years piecing together this intricate puzzle, chasing Le Roux's empire and his shadowy henchmen around the world, conducting hundreds of interviews and uncovering thousands of documents. The result is a riveting, unprecedented account of a crime boss built by and for the digital age
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxxi, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399590412
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The mastermind : drugs, empire, murder, betrayal
Title
The mastermind
Title remainder
drugs, empire, murder, betrayal
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Evan Ratliff
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
It all started as an online prescription drug network, supplying hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of painkillers to American customers. It would not stop there. Before long, the business had turned into a sprawling multinational conglomerate engaged in almost every conceivable aspect of criminal mayhem. Yachts carrying $100 million in cocaine. Safe houses in Hong Kong filled with gold bars. Shipments of methamphetamine from North Korea. Weapons deals with Iran. Mercenary armies in Somalia. Teams of hit men in the Philippines. Encryption programs so advanced that the government could not break them. The man behind it all, pulling the strings from a laptop in Manila, was Paul Calder Le Roux--a reclusive programmer turned criminal genius who could only exist in the networked world of the twenty-first century, and the kind of self-made crime boss that American law enforcement had never imagined. For half a decade, DEA agents played a global game of cat-and-mouse with Le Roux as he left terror and chaos in his wake. Each time they came close, he would slip away. It would take relentless investigative work, and a shocking betrayal from within his organization, to catch him. And when he was finally caught, the story turned again, as Le Roux struck a deal to bring down his own organization and the people he had once employed. Award-winning investigative journalist Evan Ratliff spent four years piecing together this intricate puzzle, chasing Le Roux's empire and his shadowy henchmen around the world, conducting hundreds of interviews and uncovering thousands of documents. The result is a riveting, unprecedented account of a crime boss built by and for the digital age
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individual biography
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Ratliff, Evan
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  • 364.1092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Le Roux, Paul Calder
  • Le Roux, Paul Calder
  • Criminals
  • Criminals
  • Drug traffic
  • Criminals
  • Drug traffic
  • Drug traffic
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws
  • LAW / Computer & Internet
  • TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
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The mastermind : drugs, empire, murder, betrayal, Evan Ratliff
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-429) and index
Control code
on1048445404
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxxi, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399590412
Lccn
2018035751
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1048445404
Label
The mastermind : drugs, empire, murder, betrayal, Evan Ratliff
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-429) and index
Control code
on1048445404
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxxi, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399590412
Lccn
2018035751
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1048445404

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