How I Laundered Money For Pablo Escobar's Cartel | A DEA Agent's Uncut Story | How Crime Works
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- Robert Mazur tells the full story of his time as a government agent investigating drug-money laundering. Mazur went undercover for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service intelligence division, and the Customs Service.
In Operation C-Chase, Mazur successfully infiltrated the Medellín cartel by posing as a wealthy, mob-connected businessman named Robert Musella. He established connections with Pablo Escobar's lawyer Gonzalo Mora and Escobar's trafficker Roberto Alcaino. At the height of its power, the cartel is estimated to have supplied over 80% of all cocaine shipped to the US, around 15 tons a day.
In Operation Promo, Mazur posed as an Italian American businessman named Robert Baldasare to expose money-laundering networks associated with the Cali cartel. At its peak, the Cali cartel is estimated to have produced 80% of the world's cocaine supply. It was controlled by Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Pacho Herrera, and José Santacruz Londoño.
Mazur is the author of "The Infiltrator," which became a New York Times bestseller and spawned a 2016 film of the same title, starring Bryan Cranston (as Mazur), John Leguizamo, and Diane Kruger. Today, Mazur speaks and consults on the issues of money laundering, drug trafficking, and corruption around the world through his company, KYC Solutions.
For more information about Mazur's speaking, expert witness, and consulting services, visit:
www.robertmazur.com/
Read his latest memoir, "The Betrayal," about his second undercover operation on the inside of the Cali cartel:
www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Story...
Read his first memoir, "The Infiltrator," about his time investigating the Medellín cartel:
www.amazon.com/Infiltrator-Ag...
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00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Creating The Persona
03:50 - Cartel Connections
05:22 - The Traffickers
07:57 - The Black-Money Market
11:00 - Collecting The Cash
14:43 - Layering
16:04 - The Surveillance
18:32 - Surviving Undercover
21:47 - Corrupt Banks
25:33 - The Middlemen
32:50 - Death Threats
34:24 - The Cali Cartel
38:39- The Betrayal
41:58 - The Future Of Money Laundering
45:18 - The Aftermath
46:26 - Credits
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How Cartel Money Laundering Actually Works | A DEA Agent's Uncut Story | How Crime Works
These videos are always so interesting and so well put together
The only thing they need is an editor who puts appropriate music at the right times to make it 50x better
Thanks for watching!
Shouldn't you interview a politician... They are the best at money laundering
@@JuanGarcia-fd4guI disagree they don’t need it
No, it's perfect without music. @@JuanGarcia-fd4gu
Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs
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Congratulations to Vice for putting that comment out there so it can be repeated on endless youtube videos for years.
It's Kevin Spacey.
yeah uncanny, the hair.
It's one of the clones. There are at least a few hundred out there of varying ethnicity, height, and personality variants constantly monitoring society. The creepy one is a distraction.
Yep.
Saw this 5 mins in and lmao
This needs WAY more likes
Another awesome tutorial video.
LOL
There will be a test on this later.
"I went in silhouette because they have a contract on my name", sir they already know who you are 😂
But they don´t know what he looks like nowadays. Hence the silhouette
@@Mukation ofcourse they do they worked with him for years, you think the DEA offers free plastic surgery?
If he had the contract from 98' i think nobody will recognise his face now🗿@@permabearxbt
it's, so others cannot identify him and tell the cartel, where they saw him.
@@permabearxbt dying your hair and growing a beard + plus gaining or losing weight.
And it's not as if the cartel will send someone who has met him personally, they're in jail. They send random hired goons and those goons don't know what he looks like _today_
The movie 'the Infiltrator' which tells this story, was one of the best movies for me at that time.
I envy people with this kind of inner drive...
Because, let us be real here, he "uncovered" 0.00001% of the total money being laundered every single minute...
Dedicated his LIFE and family to it - but ultimately did not make as much a the tiniest "ding" into the global cartel operations.
And now we know why the borders are wide open, why fentanyl is pouring in unfettered
PS: i forgot to mention that there is NO doubt in my mind that this "hero" has many millions stashed away in untraceable places (his expertise after all...).
At least I HOPE SO, because otherwise the "inner drive" I mentioned earlier could easily be translated to "inner stupidity".
And ONE thing this man is not...is stupíd.
So...I hope he is enjoying life to the fullest......
@@mkprivate7523 a raging cartel spotted..
So do nothing then? You must be American,,,,the land that gave us trump and cheese in a can.
@@mkprivate7523 these agents are under major scrutiny. Even with his experience it would be difficult, and when acting under identity protection they monitor your finances closely.
this guy is crazy asf. not only for telling this story but for going back UC into the cali cartel?? this foo lives for the action. some of these players are alive and well today
I ain’t scared until they start coming for RUclips comments, I mean what could happ
He retired in the 90s so these event occurred 40-50 years ago
@@Hike_and_YapYou're not an accountant, are you?
@@cliveadams7629lol 😅😅😅
When u realize he spent those years and all those resources and money to arrest only 85 people and make no difference
Cool tho init
@@tombyrne3996 very
@@tombyrne3996hahaha
People died, too.
All a scam
it is absurd how VAST the criminal underworld is. never fails to amaze me.
Look up (former) Sheriff Jamey Noel Clark County Indiana ....
Just the opposite of govt.
The demand for drugs in the USA is insane.
@@brinohosey7498its really not tho tbh
How cartel money laundering works… literally walk into a HSBC branch with a duffel bag full of $10 bills. Tell them you’d like to deposit it all and they can keep a cut of the money. HSBC says ok, see you tomorrow with another duffel bag and we will try to make the counter a bit easier for you to pass such big piles of bills over.
True story!
What is the number of HSBC executives in prison for this blatantly obvious money laundering?… 0
Is this a re-upload? I definitely remember this…
Yess, I too remember it
This is a longer version of a previous video!
@@Insiderthis should be a pinned comment, Insider.
This dude for sure has a stash somewhere to get when he retires or SHTF
Sniff sniff I ain’t got nothing sniff sniff here take a hondo and stfu
EVERYONE falls victim to greed, except him. He got bonuses.
@rhettlee Undercover agents are not the type of positions where people get bonuses, Even if he did what’s the problem with that? Sounds like you are stuck making minimum wage, That is either due to the lack of brains or knowledge of a skill or trade! Any idiot can stock shelves or flip burgers, You are paid based upon the value of what you offer a Company!
I love these videos. So well done and captivating from start to end.
Yes
Wow, great content guys
Thanks for watching!
This is awesome, but didn't he already give this interview/expose on this youtube channel
I Think so yeah
Yeah, but this is the uncut version. It's more detailed
One of the first things he said is "Im back to tell the whole story"
@@65MaX73 yet it's clearly the same footage.
I honestly feel terrible for the lives of people on the street who’s lives are ruined over $10-$20. The power of money and the desire to feel different or high is far greater than any legal action will ever be able to solve.
Bryan Cranston killed this role in 'The infiltrator'
Thats why I cant get past the first 15 minutes. Just like Breaking Bad the most over rated tv show in history.
You’re a brave man
Been on an insider and vice binge today been pretty interesting watching all the how crime works and vice drug documentaries lol
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
nobody cares
Same🇬🇾
How does this guy take down the Medellin cartel and then turnaround and do the same to the Cali cartel!? I got a more thorough reference check for my job at a burger flipper at McDonald’s 😂😂😂😂😂
Amazing video.
Thanks for watching!
Setting up LLC's as we speak! Thank you, Insider! 🎉
You took them down, then other's instantly took over.
I really like this guy. He’s as real as you can get.
This man is very wise based on his structure of phases @ 4:20
Its all good man!
Imagine a movie where 2 cops are so undercover and they spend their life trying to put the other in prison just to find out they're both undercover lmao
Have you watched The Departed? Lol
As a bank employee, I would say it is a great educational video in training AML.
Really interesting!!! That Dea agent has such a nice voice and a highly admirable moral compass.
Imagine what he would be capable of if he was on the cartels side!
Probably either be dead or doing a long stretch in prison by now tho.
He was... That's what he was capable of.
The way the bank was like "Yea we do this all the time, how can we help you?" Lmao
The Infiltrator...great movie. Bryan Cranston plays this guy(Robert Mazur "Musella")
Nice story and very interesting.
Give this man a movie
Interesting. I’m going to have to look 👀 for his books.
The cartels mission in the intro sounds a lot like the cia.
Sheesh...and I thought money laundering was just buying Walmart gift cards n real estate....
Shout out to drugs for winning the war ,😂
it's what the people wanted! or is it ?? :/
The movie based on this is worth watching, I saw it a couple of weeks ago, and recognised the story from this interview.
Re-upload?
Is this a reupload? I could’ve sworn I watched this video months and months ago because I remember him saying “I was addicted to getting information”.
The world needs to replace the *beep* with silence.
I just can't grasp the idea of being so freaking dedicated for nothing...
Spot on. If the USA really cared about the addicts who are living on the pavement of every city, they would fore-go their '''right'''' to live on the streets and force them into care. They would use some of all that confiscated cash to care for them. I am not into drugs of any kind; however, I do believe the whole issue, is jealousy of the cartels having all that money, it's not about the concern of the addicts. IF, the cartels were holding guns to anyone's head to buy, Then I could understand the '''war on drugs''''
I Scrolled down looking for this reply.
@@deidradahl2802 Its not possible to force someone to clean up. Its only possible when the patient wants to get sober, period. The US is trying to force people with drug court but its just another govt racket that became an industry. That should be proof that you cant force a person to sober up.
What do you mean for nothing?
@@LlywellynOBrien-- He risked his life, his freedom, and his whole family for nothing. Drugs for massive profit is still going strong. Without the guns manufactured in the USA for profit, and the ready market provided by the addicts, the Mexican security could easily have crushed the cartels a long time ago. Also, when their cash is confiscated, they recover it by robbing banks. So, it's all for nothing.
I’d like to see this guy review Ozark
So you’re telling me this dude got paid by the US to be a member in a cartel?!🤔🤔 Thats a little sus😂
it’s crazy. Feds acting like they doing justice but they are just protecting their own interests and at the same time shaking down.
said addicted to information
They just hand it over to HSBC or at least thats how it used to work until they got found out recently 😅
They got found in 2012 iirc
Could you do a video on how to sell counterfeit spare parts for -80 degrees medical grade deep freezers, I’d find that very interesting and useful given my current situation. Ta.
Hes def the narrator from the movie The Sandlot
“He got me out of the biggest pickle I’d ever been in my life..” 😂😂😂😂
So how does it feel looking back and knowing that you wasted your entire career on a failing war on drugs?
Stop it already bien & trump are not good for economy you know what’s funny that drug money saved the economy in 2008
But is it really though for him? He likely made a six figure salary for years plus likely has a very nice retirement package. Likely travels coast to coast with his retirement
@@28ebdh3udnavprobably enjoys lots of things he says nothing about. He’s no dunce.
@@28ebdh3udnav He probably has bales of cash stashed.
@@28ebdh3udnav And a contract out on him apparently. I'm guessing these cartel people hold serious grudges.
Its done a lot different these days. Has been much different for the last 15 or so years.
How so
If there was no demand, there would be no supply. I wonder if 50% of the funds spent on the “war on drugs” was instead spent on educating on the danger of using them if demand would drop 50%, 90% or whatever.
Drugs are fun stay mad
The war on drugs is a waste of money. Nobody from Iran Contra went to prison. There’s justice and just us.
So he put his life on the line and the drug trade is flourishing as ever? Congratulations to drugs, for winning the war on drugs.
Netflix ❤ 😂 🔫 0:40
Hi Mr spacey .
Marty, is that you?
Thanks for the truth....!
Shine the bright light.....!
Imo, this undercover activity would be harder to pull off nowadays. AI can track international movement faster.
One cartel stealing from another cartel
This is a re-upload or was uploaded to another channel before I’m pretty sure
Its not an illegal drug problem. Its a money control and taxation problem.
oh nice after the scandal Kevin Spacey is a silhouette actor now awesome^^
The Medellin Cartel is no longer active (since mid 90s). Even judges and prosecutors who dealt with the Medellin Cartel, and even the coronel who allegedly s*** Escobar who still live in Colombia, are no longer blurring or covering their faces. His safety is not in jeopardy.
He literally said he had an active green light on him.
He literally lied, Medellin cartel no longer exists, it died with PE
@@user-zc7yx7su6ino it didn’t, lol.
I'm trying to figure out who the criminals are, the chicken or the egg?
DEA IS THE REAL DRUG CARTEL, CHANGE MY MINDE
You aren't wrong
This guy needs introducing to Neil Woods
7:13 5,000 kilos thats over 10,000 lbs of cocaine...😮
and folks this how commodities work.
Why is the silhouette in this video but you have other videos where he's not including one of those triple videos and we already know his name is it MAZUR that's just is undercover name
The story is that the only liquidity in the 2006 crash was by the cartel deposits. They saved banking and Wallstreet
can you do chicago
The feds are a machine. They don't run out of time or money
Hes definitely railed a line in the name of duty
Haven’t we all 😂 maybe not for duty but hey 🤷🏻♂️
Egos get people hurt/killed and probably worse.
This guy holds a high paying, high skill job with the cartel, as a person on government salary? Assuming he can't take a salary from the cartel, why would someone do this risk and work for a relatively low government salary? A guy with a multi million dollar ceo skillset that can be legit, plus a master actor, on government salary. Doesn't line up.
Because he doesn't get to do what he does as a CEO. You aren't working on high-stakes, international undercover operations leading up to legal cases which show up on the front pages of major newspapers as a CEO. That's what he feels his intelligence and skillset is best at. The work of a CEO is completely different. I think it's completely understandable and lines up perfectly, people don't just go for money, they go for the challenge.
@@Blashmack Appreciate the reply. I get it, sort of. I would argue that he needs to know international finance laws and regulations, plus knowledge around getting around the system, plus he needs to act the part. Whatever skill title is put on it, CEO or other, it is seriously high skill he is no slouch. I get the challenge and money isn't a driver. Part of the point of the original post I suppose opens the dialog of what law enforcement goes through which one has to appreciate. Still though, very high risks for I assume a ~100k salary current day salary for a skillset that can get paid is a tough program to recruit agents; I would imagine. All thoughts said with appreciation for law enforcement, but the cartels can replace resources easily and cheaper in comparison to the FBI Agent's salary. Such an uphill battle.
Maybe he is just a good cop who wants to do the right thing? I know lots of people who could earn far more but that isn't what drives them.
massive -drug- laundering problem.
What's drug laundering?
@@whyyouasking9744 -drug- as in XXXX scratched, erased
@@whyyouasking9744you’d need to be in Bolivia to understand probably.
42:45 😂😂 nothing but jokes democracy is he serious
I'll tell you how to money launder and win: become DEA 🤣 I know a couple agents retired after only 10 years into Eastern Oregon. Bought beautiful ranches, trucks, side-by-sides, fricken everything, but with cash it was peculiar 🤣
It’s called credit meathead if they did steal cash they would get caught especially buying toys you really think our government agencies are total morons ? If so cross them and test you theory
Don’t doubt that at all. I knew California CHP, sheriff deputies and Arizona HP and deputies that were all just waiting for the perfect “traffic stop”. Either large amount of cocaine or cash, preferably cash. They would just take it and say “Have a nice day” full well knowing there was so much of both that nobody would ever come looking for it. Traffic Lottery is what they called it. This was 80’s and 90’s so there weren’t cameras everywhere. Yeah, bunch of them retired early.
well i think regarding to crypto that it will be a legalized normal payment method in the future of some sort.
what if robots only accept payment in a code, like a bitcoin or other coins?
Pre-bitcoin crime is like interpreting cave paintings..
Reality not much has changed. the attempts to obscure Bitcoin transactions and end points by moving things through different wallets, exchanges and in and out of the blockchain is really just the whole money laundering process in microcosm online
well still usually you need structures to buy abything with crypto. and public chains usually dont make it much better
lol, do you think crypto mean’s untraceable? it’s 2024, no one is that dumb.
haha he sounds like Bryan Cranston too
anyone else notice that we never ever hear a story from the guy or people who were infiltrated, this was over 30 years ago. some must have gotten out
Balls of steal I wish I have that I will rule the world 😂😂
The war on drugs has already been lost.
The DEA just isn’t realised it yet.
This sounds like the show ferry lol
It's Burial
✔️ 32:40, unfortunately it’s not that way anymore in our own government. The level of corruption has increased substantially
It's Verbal kint
Until you prosecute the DRUG USERS, drug trafficking and money laundering will continue to prosper.
All this effort and the guy couldn't just say f it legalize and tax drugs so the criminals no longer profit from it
There's even more he doesn't know given they've been at war with the cartel for almost 2 decades and haven't done anything 😂
The whole thing, ay?
Kinda like, the USA giving money to Ukraine, Ukraine giving money to FTX then FTX giving money to politicians…….
he's robert spacey
I never know 100% for sure who's telling the truth in these interviews and who's not. However, by the way he told his story, I think he's on the up and up; the real McCoy.
is this episode new? i would swear i have seen it before.. i remember the part where he mentions about the surveillance guy stereotype to look for
Me too. Same with the campsite getting word bit. 100% seen this before.
100%
one of Pablo's man latter became President of Colombia: Uribe