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Acapulco summit (1989), 29–31, 34, 57–60

acetone, 75, 113, 118

ACP Bank, 226

active cuts, 118

Adams, Barton, 253

Adelaide, Australia, 194

Adriano restaurant, 222, 226, 236

Aegadian Islands, 230, 234

Afghan War, 269

Africa, 52, 74, 180, 187, 219, 233–34, 254–55, 291, 292, 297, 309, 312–25

Agata (sniffer dog), 345

Agencia Federal de Investigación (AFI), Mexican, 100–101, 365

Agua Prieta, Mexico, 40

Aguilar Guajardo, Rafael, 44

Águilas Negras (Black Eagles), 165

AK-47 assault rifles, 93, 100

alcohol, 376

Aldana Ibarra, Miguel, 32

Alexandra (trawler), 180

Algeciras, Spain, 306–7

alkaloids, 113–14

Almeida, Juan, 280, 281–82

Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy, 211–12

Almond-flavored cocaine, 118

aluminum, 332

Alvarado, Gonzalo de, 88

Álvarez Vázquez, Gerardo (El Indio), 50

Amati, Lucio, 199

Amazon River, 295

ammonia, 113, 118

Amnesty International, 71, 89

amphetamines, 39, 118

Amsterdam, 234–36, 308, 313, 334

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 313, 314

Andean folk paintings, 327

angel dust, 113

Ángel Miguel (former Kaibil soldier), 85–90, 91

Angola, 322

Antilles, 225, 291, 300, 312, 313–14

Antimafia District Directorate (DDA), Italian, 168, 185–86, 198, 202, 205, 236, 237, 298, 300, 305, 335

Anti-Mafia Investigations Directorate (DIA), Italian, 305

Antuna García, Bladimir, 367–70

Antwerp, 291

Arbat International, 268, 277–78

Areiza, Marco Aurelio, 153–54

Arellano Félix brothers, 30

Arigon Ltd., 268, 277–78

Arizona, 53, 290

arms trafficking, 222, 272, 273, 282, 283

Army Co-op, 272

Arzola, Martín (El 53), 67

Arzú, Álvaro, 83

Aspromonte, Italy, 193, 210, 215, 341

Assange, Julian, 287

Associated Press (AP), 46, 54

Association of Middle Magdalena Ranchers and Farmers (ACDEGAM), 138

Atrium Hotel, 270

Aulla, Italy, 302

Australia, 179, 182, 193–95

Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá (Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá), 141–42, 152

Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia) (AUC), 152–59, 160–66, 174, 176, 184–88, 191–92

Averin, Viktor, 268, 276–77

Averin, Ljudmila, 276–77

Avesani, Massimiliano (the Prince), 234, 237, 239, 240

Ávila Beltrán, Sandra (la Reina; Queen of the Pacific), 362–66

Avilés Pérez, Pedro, 39

Awainatt, Mohamed Ould, 321

Ayala, Jorge (Riverito), 362

Ayala, Ramón, 49

Babushka restaurant, 280

Baldomero Medina Garza, Hugo, 59

Balearic Isles, 299

bananas, 309, 310, 329, 335

Banca di credito cooperativo di Ospedaletto, 251–52

Banca di Roma, 251–52

Banco de los Trabajadores, 129

Banda della Magliana, 225–26, 227

Banev, Evelin, 298

Bank of America, 252–53

Bank of New York, 250–52, 271

Barba (Beard) (drug trafficker), 230

Barbieri, Vincenzo (U Ragioniere), 175–76, 177, 182–83, 192, 194–96, 198, 199, 200

Barcelona, 331

Barranquilla, Colombia, 179, 233

Barrón Hernández, Eliseo, 369

“bases,” 115–16, 119

Basques, 184

basuco coke, 112

BBC, 284, 286

Beirut, Lebanon, 254–55

Belgium, 291, 333–34

Bellavia (ship), 334

Bellocco family, 202–3 298

Beltrán Leyva, Alfredo (El Mochomo), 47–48

Beltrán Leyva, Arturo (El Barbas), 42, 48–49

Beltrán Leyva, Héctor (El H), 50

Beltrán Leyva family, 42, 49–51

Benex Worldwide, 250–52

Bergamo, Italy, 219

Berlin, Peter, 250–52

Berlin Wall, 270, 276

Berlusconi, Silvio, 170

Bernal, Alejandro, 158

Betancourt, Ingrid, 155

Bianchi brothers, 136–37

Birbragher, Fernando, 280

Black and White Clubs, 268–69, 275–76, 277

“black poison,” 38

Blair, Tony, 132

Blanco, Griselda (Godmother; Queen of Cocaine; Black Widow), 53, 357–62

Blaus VII (sailboat), 297–98, 299

Bloque Catatumbo, 152–54

Bogotá, 128, 137, 154, 173–74, 188, 191, 230, 238

Bolívar Moreno, Gustavo, 135

Bologna, Italy, 196, 197, 199

Bosnia-Herzegovina, 154

Boss (sniffer dog), 345

“bourgeois pushers,” 115–17, 119, 123–24, 210–11, 297

Boyaco (drug trafficker), 189

Braun, Michael, 63

Bravo, Alberto, 358–59

Brazil, 180, 202, 291, 307, 322, 332, 333, 334

Brembate di Sopra, Italy, 213, 237

Brežnev, Leonid, 265

Brindisi, Italy, 226

Brownsville, Tex., 57, 58

Bruzzese, Joseph, 203

Bubo Na Tchuto, José Américo, 316

Budapest, 269–70, 271, 272, 278

Buenrostro Quiroz, Mario, 62

Bumbaca, Francesco, 218, 238

Bush, George W., 156, 242

Butterfly (cocaine addict), 121–22

Buzos, 369

Caacupe-mí, Paraguay, 334

Calabria, Italy, 131, 164, 168–206, 210, 213–14, 217, 229, 233, 239, 247, 302, 330, 335, 341

Cala Palma (ship), 327

Calderón, Felipe, 62, 64, 65, 70, 71, 95

Calexico, Calif., 33–34

Cali cartel, 20–21, 33, 129, 130, 131, 132, 142, 151, 152, 170, 176, 188, 189, 223, 256, 273, 280, 295

Camarena Salazar, Enrique (Kiki), 19–34

Camarena, Geneva (Mika), 24, 26

Camberos Rivera, Francisco (El Chito), 41

Camorra, 170, 217, 231, 264, 296–97, 339, 344, 346

campesinos (peasants), 25, 62, 130, 137, 156

Canada, 194, 213–14, 276–77

Canary Islands, 180

Cancún, Mexico, 66–67, 190, 280

Cape Verde, 321

capitalism, 126, 128, 129–32, 241–42, 255–57, 377

Capone, Al, 259, 286

Carabinieri, 178, 187, 188, 191, 202, 219, 238, 298, 329, 331, 333, 335–36, 344, 346

Caracas, Venezuela, 179, 220, 330

Caradec’h, Jean-Michel, 350

Caratelli, Ovidio, 346

car bombs, 46, 128, 144, 272, 273, 368

Cárdenas Guillén, Antonio Ezequiel (Tony Tormenta), 60–61

Cárdenas Guillén, Homero (El Majadero), 61

Cárdenas Guillén, Osiel (El Mata Amigos; Friend Killer), 57–61, 91–92, 93, 94, 97, 185, 296

Caribbean islands, 74, 114, 226, 283, 291, 293, 297, 298, 335

Caro Quintero, Miguel, 30

Caro Quintero, Rafael, 20, 22, 23–24, 27, 31–32, 39

Carrà, Raffaella, 239

Carrillo Fuentes, Amado (El Señor de los Cielos; Lord of the Skies), 43, 44–46, 47, 159

Carrillo Fuentes, Rodolfo, 43

Carrillo Fuentes, Vicente (the Viceroy), 43, 46–47, 60

Carrillo Fuentes family, 30, 43–47, 60

Carrillo Leyva, Vicente, 44

Carrizales, Juan Francisco (El 98), 61

Casablanca, 323–24

casas de cambio (currency exchange agencies), 243–46

Case Celesti neighborhood, 346

Cassa Rurale e Artigiana Bank, 226

Castaño, Carlos, 142–43, 152, 153, 159, 160, 162–63, 189

Castaño, Fidel, 163

Castaño, Vicente, 163, 165

Castaño brothers, 142–43, 152

Castañon, Paulina, 255–57

Castel San Pietro, Italy, 197

Catenacci, Domenico, 222

Cat’s Piss cocaine, 118

Cattelan, Fabio, 298–99

Cattelan, Lucio, 298–99

Cayman Islands, 250, 256

Ceiba speciosa tree, 329

cell phones, 123, 223–24, 228–30, 234–35

Central America, 158–59, 283, 296, 304

Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drugs Trafficking, French, 315

Cesano Boscone, Italy, 336

Cessna aircraft, 44, 317, 322

Chalk cocaine, 118

Channel Islands, 277, 278

Chara Bank, 274

Chechens, 261–62

checkerboard logo, 302, 303

Chica Med, 135

Chinese ideograms, 303–4

Cianfa di Cavallo drug market, 340

Ciconte, Nicola, 179, 193–95, 254

Ciola, Pasquale, 222, 226, 236

Ciotti, Luigi, 204

Ciro (sniffer dog), 345

Citibank London, 256

Citibank Mexico, 256

Citibank Switzerland, 256

Cititrust, 256

City of London, 250, 254

Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, 243

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 30, 43, 44, 46–47, 60, 98, 127, 341

Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, 100

Civil Guard, Spanish, 331

Civitavecchia, Italy, 345

“clean loads,” 306, 307

Clinton, Bill, 132, 154

Coca-Cola, 263–64, 311

cocaine:

addiction to, 117–22, 158

air transport of, 190–91, 198, 202, 218, 243–45, 281–82, 290, 294, 308, 312–25, 330, 345, 346, 359

arrests and imprisonment for, 62, 115–16, 165, 213, 216, 219–22, 226–27, 236, 237–40, 255–57

as asset, 73–77, 185–86

auto shipments of, 289–90, 292–93, 302

banks used for, 222–26, 241, 247–52

blocks of, 230–31, 301–4, 331, 334

brain function and, 35–36, 113–14, 120

capital for, 210–11, 220, 247–57

capsules of, 313–25

cartels for, 30–33, 38, 75–77, 125–27, 273, 294, 302; see also specific cartels

coded transactions in, 218, 228–29, 234–35

crack, 113, 120

cut or stepped, 118–19, 182, 230–31

dealers for, 112–24

distribution of, 22, 30–33, 58, 115–16, 119, 120

economic influence of, 119, 126, 128, 129–32, 142–43, 210–40, 247–49

effects and usage of, 1–4, 13, 35–36, 46, 112–24, 158

entrepreneurship in, 210–40

European market for, 180, 186, 209, 218, 231, 254, 290, 291, 292, 298, 302, 306–8, 314–25

freebase, 113, 120

front operations for, 129–30, 236–37, 251–53, 276–78

grades of, 112–14, 117–18, 207–9, 235, 378

health effects of, 119–22

heroin and, 213, 215–16, 221

international markets for, 210–40

legalization of, 376–77

liquid, 311, 313, 325, 336

mafia control of, 115–16, 119, 211, 217, 219, 220, 230, 236, 239, 247, 308

media coverage of, 60, 163–64, 221, 226, 238

merchandise used for, 180–81, 310–11, 327–36

money laundering for, 192–200, 222–26, 236–37, 241–57

“mules” used for, 202, 315–25, 346

overland transportation of, 21–22, 44, 52–53, 59, 61, 63, 120, 127

police operations for, 53, 60, 115–16, 208, 219–36; see also specific operations

political aspect of, 130, 154–57, 212

price of, 20, 21–22, 30–33, 118–19, 182, 197–98, 218, 314

production of, 75–76, 112–14, 125–27, 129, 157, 207–9

profits from, 44–45, 73–77, 118–19, 123–24, 127, 160, 182–83, 216–17, 292

purity of, 207–9, 235, 378

refineries for, 188, 198, 215–16, 227–28

seizure of, 64–65, 89, 119, 178–82, 192, 197–99, 207, 213, 218, 222, 233–36, 245, 289, 291, 307–9, 325–36, 343–47, 377

shipments of, 180–81, 222, 230–36, 279–81, 288–311, 318, 329–30

shooting up and snorting of, 113, 120

social impact of, 105–11

statistics on, 207–9, 314–15

in suitcases, 310, 319–20, 329

“targets” for, 114–17, 123–24

trafficking in, 19–21, 34, 37–43, 73–77, 80, 89, 127, 146–52, 160–62, 207–40, 371–78

tunnels used for, 40, 43, 127

U.S. market for, 34, 38–39, 51–53, 59, 73–77, 127, 289

white gold, 378

Cocaine Cowboys War, 360–61

cocaine hydrochloride, 75

cocaine paste, 126

cocaine sulfate, 75

cocoa, 333–34

coca leaves, 75–76, 113–14, 126, 227–28, 304–5

Colas, Stéphane, 300

Colombia:

armed forces of, 155–57, 166

banking in, 248–49

cartels in, 20–23, 33, 114, 127–29, 149–66, 186, 218, 255, 286, 293, 302–6, 357–66; see also specific cartels

cocaine trafficking in, 125–30, 142–49, 174, 291, 294–96

coca plantations in, 135, 188, 198

constitution of, 148, 151, 153, 165

demilitarized zone in, 155–56

disappearances in, 159–60

drug enforcement in, 154–66, 188–90

economy of, 128, 129–30

elections in, 154, 155–56

extraditions from, 148, 149, 151, 162–66, 221–22, 285

government of, 128, 131, 140–41, 151, 154–57, 163, 165, 166

guerrilla movements in, 132, 137–43, 152–57, 160–62, 176, 188, 189, 190

human rights violations in, 152–54, 163–64

informers in, 148–51, 157–66

Italian operations in, 131, 164, 170, 173–206, 213, 216–18, 222–23, 227–36, 247

kidnappings in, 143, 154–55, 160–62, 191, 201

Mexican operations in, 127–28, 129, 131, 152, 157, 158, 186

murders in, 144, 159–60, 165–66, 186, 191–92

narco-state of, 131, 132, 155–57, 158

paramilitary groups in, 136–42, 152–57, 160–66, 176, 184–88, 189, 190, 191–92

peasants in, 136–42, 152–54, 156

political situation in, 130, 151, 154–57, 166

torture in, 140, 160–62, 205

U.S. relations with, 127, 131, 148–49, 154–66, 189

violence in, 127, 130, 131, 140, 144, 152–66, 186, 189, 191–92, 205

see also specific cities and provinces

Colombiamoda, 159

Colombo family, 279

Coluccio family, 185

communism, 125, 132, 142, 152, 265, 266, 278, 282

concentration accounts, 256

Connoisseur (dealer), 117–24

Conrad, Joseph, 289

Conté, Ousmane, 321

Cooperativas de Vigilancia y Seguridad Privada (Special Vigilance and Private Security Services) (CONVIVIR), 141–42

Córdoba, Colombia, 136, 138, 141, 152

Coronel Villarreal, Ignacio (Nacho), 41, 53, 67, 363–64

Correa, Julio César (Julio Fierro), 145–52, 157–62

Correa Paris, Mariana, 151

Cosa Nostra, 167–68, 169, 170, 214, 233–34

Cosío Vidaurri Martínez, Sara Cristina, 31–32

cosmetic cuts, 118–19

Costa, Antonio Maria, 247

Costa Rica, 31–32, 335

Costilla Sánchez, Jorge Eduardo (El Coss), 60–61

Counter-Narcotics Group, Italian, 229–30, 234–35, 302

Counterterrorism Rapid Response units, 302

coyotes (human traffickers), 289

Credito Sammarinese Bank, 199

crematoriums, 160–61

Cristal Oro beer, 134, 148

Cruz Álvarez, Juan Alberto de la (El Juanillo), 61

Cuernavaca, Mexico, 49

Culiacán, Mexico, 39, 43, 48, 51, 53

Curaçao, 312, 313–14

Czech Republic, 272, 275–76, 277

Da Bruno restaurant massacre (2007), 168, 202

Dadeland Mall massacre (1979), 360–61

Daniel and Felipe (Colombian drug traffickers), 183–84, 190

Dakar, Senegal, 320–21

Dayton Accords (1995), 154

Del Ponte, Carla, 255, 257

De Pascale, Stefano (Lo Spaghetto), 227, 229

D’Ercole, Antonio, 299

Dereix Martínez, Martha, 137, 143, 164

Diano, Adriana, 215

Digep General Machine Works, 272

Dimitrova, Blaga, ix

DNA, 62, 98

“Doctor Travel,” 305–9

Domínguez Coello, Alejandro, 99–100

Donald Duck Snackbar, 312

Don Arturo (opium grower), 16–20, 28

dopamine, 36

Dormicum, 46

Drogas la Rebaja (Discount Drugs), 130

drug addiction, 63–64, 113, 117–22, 158

Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. (DEA), 24–34, 51–55, 61, 91–92, 148–52, 157–62, 178, 185–86, 198, 222, 223, 239, 245, 255, 280–81, 300, 321, 327, 359, 362

drug trafficking:

air transport in, 55, 190–91, 198, 202, 313

arrests and imprisonment for, 25, 31–34, 40–44, 47, 48, 53–61, 93, 97

author’s reporting on, 5–15, 78–90, 91, 168, 186–87, 240, 289–90, 310, 312–13, 337–42, 371–78

banks used by, 129, 222–26, 241, 247–52, 270–71, 274

bosses in, 5–15, 20–21, 25, 28–29, 34, 39–58, 93, 98–99, 168, 172–75

bribes and corruption by, 21, 22–23, 48, 60, 127, 221–22

cartels for, 20–21, 24, 27, 28, 29–31, 33, 34, 41–46, 49, 50–71, 89–90; see also specific cartels

children used by, 94, 96–97, 115, 127, 313, 352

competition in, 29–31, 34, 51, 57–60, 103, 125–27

dealers in, 25, 33, 112–24, 312

economic impact of, 28–29, 34, 51–52, 125–27

envy and fear in, 17–18, 28, 42–43, 47, 148, 183, 188, 196

extortion in, 64, 174, 263–66

front businesses for, 173–80, 192–93, 196–97

honor code in, 5–15, 68–69, 96–97, 200–201, 204, 264

informers in, 5–15, 19–34, 51, 59, 91–96, 131, 148–61, 213, 236

international operations of, 51–52, 377–78

kidnappings in, 66, 68, 99, 101, 102, 143, 154–55, 160–62, 169, 212, 267–68

mafia control of, 5–15, 23, 63, 76, 93, 374

management of, 15, 22, 29–31, 33, 53, 93–94, 125–27

media coverage of, 24, 34, 46, 53–55, 163–64

money laundering in, 48, 64, 78, 127, 129, 192–200, 251–57

paramilitary forces and, 48–49, 62–63, 80–90, 91, 93–96; see also specific forces

police operations for, 5–15, 19–34, 59, 94, 97, 99–100, 219–36; see also specific operations

political impact of, 28, 32, 37, 70–71, 100, 154–57

profits from, 21–22, 44–45, 51–52, 73–77, 118–19, 216–17

rewards offered for, 50, 92, 97, 99

risks in, 187, 219, 301, 305–9

rules of, 8–12, 65–66, 210–11, 261–62, 264, 319–20

social impact of, 61–64, 68–69, 95, 105–11

torture used in, 24–34, 45–46, 60, 67–68, 95–102, 140, 160–62, 205

trafficking methods of, 15–18, 22, 28–33, 39–43, 47, 53, 78–94, 148, 154–57

violence as result of, 20–21, 40–47, 56, 68–71, 78–90, 91, 92–103

wars in, 20–21, 34, 42–45, 50–51, 60, 65–69

women involved in, 129, 133–36, 219–26, 357–66, 367

zones designated for, 29–31, 42–43, 57–60, 93–94, 125–27

see also specific drugs and markets, 169

DuBois, Joe, 91–92

Dugan, John, 245–46

Duisburg, Germany, 168, 202

Durango, Mexico, 25, 367–70

ecstasy (drug), 51, 283

Ecuador, 102, 114, 179, 330, 333–34

Edwards, Lucy, 250–52

Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army) (ELN), 157

Ejército Popular de Liberación (Popular Liberation Army) (EPL), 140

Ejército Revolucionario Popular Antiterrorista de Colombia (Popular Revolutionary Anti-Terrorist Army of Colombia) (ERPAC), 165

El Aro, Colombia, 153–54

El Bigotito (clown), 95–96

El Búfalo plantation, 23–24

El Cincuenta y siete discothèque, 101

Eldredge, John, 61

El Hummer (head of Los Zetas in the Reynosa area), 101

Elle, 354–55

El Paso, Tex., 44, 61, 127

El Salvador, 348–56

Emilia Romagna, Italy, 195–96, 198, 251–52

Eola (sniffer dog), 345

Epaminonda, Angelo, 212

ephedrine, 119

Erythroxylum coca, 113–14

Erythroxylum novogranatense, 113–14

Escobar, Pablo (El Magico), 21, 22, 28–29, 127–29, 130, 139, 140, 142, 149, 150, 161, 164, 170, 217, 223, 239, 259, 280, 281, 294

Esparragoza Moreno, Juan José (El Azul), 41–42

Espinoza Pérez, Juan Napoleón, 354

Espinoza Ramírez, Juan Diego (El Tigre), 364, 365

ethanol, 113, 118

ether, 113, 118

Eugenio Montale nursery school, 340

Eural Trans Gas, 287

Euromaidan, 286

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 314–15

European Union (EU), 286–87, 302

Fabergé eggs, 271–72

Fainberg, Ludwig (Tarzan), 278–82

Falcone, Giovanni, 151, 192, 255

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 28, 41, 59, 80, 91–92, 222, 251, 252, 263, 268–69, 273–74, 276, 279, 284, 306, 351

Federal Judicial Police, Mexican, 31, 59, 62

Félix Gallardo, Miguel Ángel (El Padrino), 20, 21–23, 24, 25, 28–31, 32, 34, 39, 40, 57–60, 256, 362–63, 364

Ferraro, Loredana, 219, 225

FEZ (Los Zetas special forces), 95–96

Figueroa, Sandra, 329

Filiberto Fuduli, 172

Finance Guard, Italian, 229–30, 234–35, 302, 328, 329, 332, 344–45

Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy, 203

First Interamericas Bank of Panama, 129

First San Fernando Massacre (2010), 102–3

Firtaš, Dmitro, 285, 286–87

Fish Scales cocaine, 118

Fiumicino (Rome Airport), 202, 239, 327, 330, 332, 345

Florence, 344–45

Flores, Margarito and Pedro, 51

Florida, 294, 360–61

Florida Cocaine War, 360–61

“Flower Deal, The,” 235–36

Fonseca Carrillo, Ernesto (Don Neto), 20, 24, 31, 32, 39, 44

Forgione, Francesco, 204

Fortugno, Francesco, 170–71

Fox, Vicente, 69–70

France, 213, 216, 236, 291, 314, 315

Fratini, Walter, 139–40

Frispa (mule dog), 346

Fuduli, Bruno, 171–206, 292

Fuentes, Daniel, 91–92

Fuentes Ávila, José Luis, 365

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) (FARC), 33, 141, 142–43, 153–57, 176, 188, 189

Fuerzas Especiales de Arturo (FEDA), 48–49

Futur Program, 196

Gambino family, 279

García Ábrego, Humberto, 59

García Ábrego, Juan, 30, 59

García Márquez, Gabriel, 129

García Simental, Teodoro (El Teo), 366–67

Garza Ayala, Víctor, 368

Gaviria, Alejandro, 248

Gaviria, Lucia, 135–36, 137, 143–48, 157–60

Gazprom, 285–86

Geneva, Switzerland, 255–57

Genoa, 291, 329, 333

Genovese family, 276

Gioia Tauro, Italy, 172, 177, 179, 180, 183, 198, 201, 291, 302, 305, 330, 332, 333, 334

Gioiosa Jonica, Italy, 170, 173, 174–75, 185, 186, 191, 193, 199, 215

Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino Club, 168, 193

Girati group, 340

global economy, 131–32, 173, 194, 241–42, 246–50, 287

Glugech, Valeri (Globus), 273

Godoy, Leonel, 65

Gofas, Antonios (the Gentleman), 231–32

Golden Triangle, 25, 38

gomeros (opium peasants), 16–20, 62

Gómez, Sergio (El Checo), 59

Gómez Herrera, Salvador (El Chava), 59–60

Gómez Martínez, Servando (La Tuta), 64

Gomorrah (film), 339

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 29

Graham, Makeeba, 334

Granarolo, Italy, 196, 198–99

Grand Hotel Baglioni, 196

Gratteri, Nicola, 238

Great Alliance for Change, 154

Great Britain, 119, 154, 243–46, 249–50, 314–15

Greece, 232–33

Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Airmobile Group) (GAFE), 92, 94

Guadalajara, Mexico, 24–28, 31, 32, 39, 40–41, 45, 50, 67–68, 128, 190

Guamuchilito, Mexico, 44

Guardian, 287

Guatemala, 80–90, 91, 94, 357

Guildford, England, 328

Guinea-Bissau, 315–25

Gulf cartel, 43, 44, 57–63, 91–92, 93, 98, 185, 256, 296, 304

Gutiérrez Guzmán, Manuel Jesús (Manolo), 306

Gutiérrez Rebollo, José de Jesús, 45

Guzmán, Yovanna, 135

Guzmán Decena, Arturo (El Z1), 92, 97, 98

Guzmán Loera, Arturo (El Pollo), 43–44

Guzmán Loera, Joaquín Archivaldo (El Chapo; Shorty), 30, 39–56, 65–66, 67, 98, 306, 357, 369

Guzmán López, Édgar, 48

hacienda Campamento, 136–41, 143

Hacienda Nápoles, 128

Hamburg, 180

Harding, Luke, 287

hashish, 237, 296

HBUS, 253–54

Heidi (Locatelli’s secretary), 222

Hello Kitty logo, 303

Hermes Forensic Solutions, 249

Hermitage Museum, 271

Hermosillo, Mexico, 45

Hernández, Hugo, 102

heroin, 35, 49, 51, 120, 185, 213–16, 221, 231–32, 273, 279

Herrera, Hélmer (Pacho), 129

Hezbollah, 254–55

Highway 101, 102

Highway 105, 68

Historical Clarification Commission, Guatemalan, 84

Homer, 288–89

Homies Unidos, 352

homing pigeons, 112

Hong Kong, 195, 303

Hotel Roma, 232

house arrest, 195–96, 213, 227, 238, 252

Howell, Kiana, 334

HSBC, 253–54

Huánuco coca, 114

human trafficking, 61, 289

Hungary, 269–70, 271, 272, 278

hydrochloric acid, 75, 113, 118

ideograms, 303–4

“Igres” investigation, 229–30

Iliad, The (Homer), 288–89

Il Papavero clothing store, 215

inert cuts, 118

Inkombank, 270–71

Intercontinental Hotel, 150–51

International Book Fair (2011), 67–68

International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 257

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 247, 249

Internet, 43, 49, 54, 67, 93, 94, 103, 162, 182, 236, 237

INTERPOL, 32, 42, 237, 239, 264

Interstate 25 (I-25), 61

Interstate 35 (I-35), 42, 61

Irish Republican Army (IRA), 154

Irvine, Calif., 362

Islamic terrorism, 187, 319

Israel, 154, 260–61, 268–69, 279, 282

Italy:

arrests and imprisonment in, 168, 171–81, 185–206, 213, 216, 298, 300

banks in, 192–93, 198–99, 251–52

bribery and corruption in, 221–22

cocaine market in, 119, 167–206, 210–40, 291, 297–302, 377–78

Colombian operations in, 131, 164, 170, 173–206, 213, 216, 217–18, 222–23, 227–36, 247

drug trafficking in, 119, 167–81, 185–206

economy of, 173, 178, 247–48

emigration from, 213–14

extraditions to, 193–94, 221–22, 236

fugitives in, 174, 238–40

government of, 168, 170, 204–5

gross domestic product of (GDP), 168

harbor facilities of, 177, 178–81, 183, 185, 186, 191, 198, 201, 343–47

informers in, 151, 171–85, 213

kidnappings in, 169, 212

legal system of, 169, 201, 236, 251–52

mafia control in, 115–19, 151, 168–69, 192, 195, 200–211, 217–20, 230, 236, 239, 247, 269, 273, 308

media coverage in, 171, 198, 199, 200, 204

money laundering in, 192–200, 251–52, 254

murders in, 191, 195, 212, 221, 337–42

National Lottery of, 193, 337–38

’ndrangheta organization in, 167–206, 213–14, 215, 216, 217, 218, 229–30, 234, 298

police operations in, 172, 175, 178–206, 219–22, 238, 281; see also specific operations

Russian mafia in, 251–52, 258, 280–81

“tree” organizational structure in, 167–71, 175, 178, 182, 184, 186–87, 188, 192, 193–94, 199, 200, 203

U.S. relations with, 168, 178, 185–86

violence in, 168, 169, 191, 195–200, 205, 212, 221, 337–42

war on drugs in, 168, 178, 185–86

see also specific cities and regions

Ivan’kov, Vjaceslav Kirillovic (Japoncik; Little Jap), 261–62, 268, 272–74, 277, 284

Izar Castro, Héctor (El Teto), 101

Janukovic, Viktor, 286

Jardines del Humaya cemetery, 50

Jasevic, Aleksandr, 280

Jesús Fernández Mafla, Tiberio de, 130, 142

Jiménez Panesso, Germán, 360

Jobs, Steve, 132

John Lackland, King of England, 298

Johnny (Nigerian drug trafficker), 317–25

Jolly Hotel, 225

Joumaa, Ayman, 254–55

Julius Meinl stores, 263

Justice Department, U.S., 250

Kaibiles, 80–90, 91, 94, 96

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 276

Kennedy, John F., Jr., 362

Kerviel, Jérôme, 247

KGB, 265

King Rose Hotel, 196, 198–99

Knapp, Marcos, 64

Knights Templar Cartel, 62, 68–69 152

“know your customer” profiles, 256

Kololo II (yacht), 299–300

Kowenhoven, Peter, 287

Kramer, Michael, 198

Kristal (sniffer dog), 346

Kudriavceva, Svetlana, 251

Labin (sniffer dog), 344–45

La Dirección (the Command), 94

Lagos, Nigeria, 334

La Guaira, Venezuela, 179–80

La Maga (Mara member), 352–53

Laredo, Tex., 61, 96–97

Las Dos Erres, Guatemala, 84

La Spezia, Italy, 302

Las Ventanas (the Windows), 94

Latin America, 15, 34, 37, 52, 74, 80–91, 133–35, 157, 160, 187, 210, 230–32, 254, 283–84, 295, 306, 309, 322, 377–78

see also specific countries

Laura (cocaine addict), 117

Lavormarmi, 175, 177

Lazcano Lazcano, Heriberto (El Lazca), 97–98

Lebanese Canadian Bank, 254–55

Lehman Brothers, 247–48

Léopold Sédar Senghor airport, 320–21

Levinson, Robert, 267

Libera, 204, 208–9

Liberia, 321

Lidl Italia supermarkets, 197

lidocaine, 119

Lima, Peru, 331

Limbadi quarries, 172

Linnet (yacht), 299–300

Lisbon, 317–25

Little Odessa, 262, 268, 274, 279, 289

“Little One” (Mara member), 352

Livorno, Italy, 198, 291, 327, 331, 346–47

llipta coke, 112–13

Loaiza Ceballos, Henry (The Scorpion), 130

loan sharks, 173, 181–85, 201

Locatelli, Pasquale Claudio (Mario; Diabolik), 211–13, 215, 216–27, 236–37, 238, 305

Locri, Italy, 170–71

Lombardy, Italy, 179, 193, 212, 216

London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) scandal, 249

LOPAV S.p.A., 237

López, Griselda, 53

Los Aboytes, 62

Los Angeles, 145, 350, 352

Los Cadetes de Linares, 49

Los Halcones (the Falcons), 94

Los Leopardos (the Leopards), 94

Los Mañosos (the Clever Ones), 94

Los Mochis, Mexico, 102

Los Negros, 42–43

Los Niños Zetas, 96–97

Los Pepes (Persequidos por Pablo Escobar) (People Persecuted by Pablo Escobar), 140, 142

Los Zetas, 43, 48, 50, 64, 65–66, 69, 92–103, 185, 186, 252, 304, 368–70

Lo Zio (Uncle) (drug trafficker), 205

Lucà, Nicola, 193

Lucenti, Luigi (‘o Cinese; the Chinese), 340

Luciano, Charles (Lucky), 259

Macchia della Quartarella woods, 346

Macrì, Antonio (U Zi; Uncle), 214

Madoff, Bernard (Bernie), 246–47

Madrid, 222, 236, 237, 238, 239, 306, 308

Maersk Sealand, 179, 292

Maesano brothers, 330

Magnex 2000, 272

Málaga, Spain, 234

Malherbe de León, Óscar, 59

Mali, 318–19, 321

Mamadu (drug mule), 315–25

Manaus, Brazil, 180

Mancuso, Diego, 175

Mancuso, Vincenzo, 172

Mancuso family, 172–80, 183, 199

Mancuso Dereix, Gianluigi, 137, 143, 164

Mancuso D’Angiolella, Salvatore (don Salvador), 136, 137

Mancuso Gómez, Salvatore (El Mono; The Monkey), 133, 134, 136–40, 152, 153–54, 157, 160, 162–66, 172, 174–75, 187, 189, 200

Manzanillo, Mexico, 364–65

Mapello, Italy, 237

Mapu Lautaro, 350

Mara 13 (Mara Salvatrucha), 351

Mara 18, 351, 353, 355

Marando, Pasquale, 183, 184, 191, 215, 229

Marando, Rosario, 230

maras (El Salvadoran gangs), 304, 348–56

Mara Salvatrucha, 351–52

marble quarries, 172, 177–78, 180

marijuana, 20–24, 34, 38, 51, 65, 113, 194, 198, 282–83

Mariposa (yacht), 299–300

Mariposa cocaine, 118

Marmo Imeffe, 177, 179–80

Maronna ‘ra Muntagna (Madonna of the Mountain), 176

Marseilles, 215, 216

Más que nada (sailboat), 300

Massa Lombarda, Italy, 197

Massolino, Guido, 299

Master Endeavour (ship), 318

Matamoros, (Mexico) 30, 57, 59, 60, 91–92, 97, 100

Mata Zetas (Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación), 66–68

Matteotti, Giacomo, 346

Mauritania, 322

Mazara del Vallo, Italy, 230

Medellín cartel, 20–21, 33, 127–28, 131, 138, 139, 144, 145, 147, 149–50, 158, 160, 176, 189, 223, 256, 295, 311, 357–62

Mejía, Carlos Alberto (Pipe), 222–23

Mejía, Daniel (Danielito), 160, 161–62, 248

Melara, José Alejandro, 353

Melato, Alessandro, 297

Melato, Andrea, 297–98

Melato, Antonio, 298

“Memory of Silence,” 84

methamphetamines, 51, 63, 65

Mexico:

armed forces of, 23–24, 44–45, 49, 60, 62, 69–70, 92

bribery and corruption in, 27, 31, 41, 44–45, 100

cartels of, 210, 243–46, 252–53, 255, 292–93, 302–7, 364–70; see also specific cartels

cocaine trafficking in, 37–39, 126, 243–46 292–293, 306–7

Colombian operations in, 127–28, 129, 131, 152, 157, 158, 186

currency exchanges in, 243–46

drug enforcement in, 19–32, 64–65, 68, 69–71, 158

government of, 45, 49, 50–55, 64–65, 69–71, 92, 95, 99, 257

Italian operations in, 186, 190–91

legal system of, 70, 257

money laundering in, 252–57

narco-state of, 69–71, 131, 132

opium production of, 16–20

peasants in, 16–20, 23, 40, 58, 75–76

police force of, 25, 27, 31, 42, 48, 50, 59, 100, 293

U.S. border with, 20–22, 39–40, 44, 53, 57, 60, 61, 69–70, 102, 289–90, 328

U.S. relations with, 28, 31, 41, 58, 158, 366

see also specific cities and states

Meza López, Santiago (El Pozolero), 367

M5 construction company, 196

MI-8 Soviet helicopters, 281–82

Miami, 148–51, 157–60, 224–25, 245, 273, 279, 360–61, 362

Miceli, Salvatore, 214, 220, 229, 230, 232, 233, 234

Michajlov, Sergej (Michas), 263, 268, 276–77

Michajlova, Ljudmila, 265–77

Michoacán, Mexico, 28, 62, 63, 64–66, 70

Michoacán Family, 61–66, 68, 95, 152

Middle East, 254–55

Mike (sniffer dog), 344

Milan, 179, 203, 205, 213, 215, 230, 298, 335–36

Milan — Malpensa Airport, 179

Millennium cartel, 67

Milošević, Slobodan, 257

Mirage II (ship), 231–32, 292

Miss Colombia pageant, 134–35, 150

“mobbing,” 244

Moby-Dick (Melville), 289

Mogilevic, Semën Judkovic (Brainy Don; Don Seva; Pàpa), 251, 259–78, 284–87

Molè family, 335

“Money Laundering: Latest Developments and Regulations” (Edwards), 250–52

monopolies, 127, 217, 291

Montalto, Tonino, 229

Montería, Colombia, 136–37, 139, 143, 165, 174

Monti, Maria (undercover agent), 224–26

Montoya, Diego (the Cyclist), 295, 364

Morabito, Saverio, 213, 216

Morelia, Mexico, 63, 65

Moreno (Mara member), 352

Moreno González, Nazario (El Chayo; El Más Loco), 61–62

morphine, 18–19

Moscow, 260, 261, 262–63, 266, 267–68, 271, 276, 285

“mother ships,” 291–92, 299

motorboats, 296–97, 299

Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, 71

MP5 submachine guns, 93

Muerte a Secuestradores (Death to Kidnappers) (MAS), 139, 140, 142

murders, 40–41, 45–47, 56, 58, 59–60, 65–66, 78–90, 91, 95–100

Mussolini, Benito, 346

Muzak (ship), 231

Naftogaz Ukrainy, 285–86

Namibia, 234

Naples, 231, 237, 281, 291, 301, 328, 329, 337–47

narco-banners, 95

narcobloqueo (narco roadblock), 292–93

narco dollars, 205–6, 222–23

Narcotics Traffickers Rehabilitation Program, 159

NASDAQ, 132

National Crime Squad, British, 243

National Criminal Intelligence Service, British, 277

National Institute to Combat Drugs, Mexican, 45

Na Waie, Batista Tagme, 316

Nepomuceno Guerra, Juan, 59

Netherlands, 234–36, 291, 308, 312, 332

neurotransmitters, 35–36, 120

New York, N.Y., 5–15, 129, 185, 186, 262, 268, 273–74, 276, 359–60

New York Stock Exchange, 73

New Zealand, 195

Nicotera, Italy, 172, 199

Nieuwe Revu, 235

Nigeria, 322, 323, 334

Nigoline di Corte Franca, Italy, 219

No. 48 (‘O muorto che parla; dead man talking), 338

No. 62 (‘o muort’ acciso; death by murder), 338

Nollino, Andrea, 339, 340

norepinephrine, 36

Norte del Valle cartel, 131, 135, 152, 159, 160, 295, 302, 364

Northern Ireland, 154–55

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 42, 43, 98, 99–100, 328

obšcak (criminal fund), 265

Ochoa Restrepo, Fabio, 139, 158

Oct Challenger (ship), 298–99

Odyssey, The (Homer), 298

Office of Foreign Assets Control blacklist, 185–86

Office of the Attorney General, U.S., 38–39

Oficina de Envigado (Office of Envigado), 161–62, 165

Olive Tree Party, 170

omertà code, 340

Onorata Società (Honored Society), 170, 171, 175, 176, 187, 195

Onwumere, Peter Christopher, 323

Operación Leyenda (Operation Legend), 31–33

Operation Crimine-Infinito, 168, 193

Operation Dark Waters, 306

Operation Decollo (Take-Off), 178–81, 189, 192–94, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200

Operation Decollo bis, 192

Operation Decollo Money, 192–93, 198

Operation Decollo ter, 192, 197, 199

Operation Dinero, 222–26

Operation Magna Charta, 298

Operation Meta, 330

Operation Millennium, 158

Operation Overloading, 202

Operation Reckoning, 185–86, 191

Operation Sword, 277–78

Operazione Solare, 185–86, 191

opium, 16–21, 25, 28, 31, 34, 38–40, 62, 282–83

Opnor (ship), 321

Orange Revolution, 285

Orechovskaja group, 263

Oseguera Ramos, Nemesio (El Mencho), 67

Oslo Accords, 154–55

Osorio Chong, Miguel Ángel, 54, 70

Ospedaletto, Italy, 302

Overdose (sailboat), 300

Paderno Dugnano, Italy, 168, 193

Padua, Italy, 329

Palace of the Thousand and One Nights, 45

Palermo, Caterina, 220

Palermo, Giuseppe, 235

Palermo maxi-trial, 169

Palestine, 143

Palo Borracho, 329

Palo della Banda dell’Ortica, 212

Palombini Bar, 225

Panama, 150, 231, 319

Pannunzi, Alessandro, 218, 229, 230, 238

Pannunzi, Roberto (Bebè), 211, 213–22, 226, 227–36, 238–40, 305

Pannunzi, Simona, 218

Papp, Katalin, 269

Paraguay, 334

Paramaribo, Suriname, 335

paranoia, 36, 123, 374

Paris, France, 119, 314

Paris, Natalia, 133–36, 137, 140, 143–49, 151, 157–60

Parma, Italy, 238

Parrita (paramilitary), 138–39

Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) (Institutional Revolutionary Party), 100

Paso Fino horses, 223

Pastrana, Andrés, 154–57, 158

PATRIOT Act (2001), 242, 254

Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil, 84

Pay de Limón (sniffer dog), 345

Pearl cocaine, 117–18

Pelle, Antonio (‘Ntoni Gambazza), 202

Peña Nieto, Enrique, 54, 68, 70

Peru, 232

phencyclidine, 113

Picasso, Pablo, 223

Pictet Cie, 255–57

piedra muñeca marble, 177, 180

Ping ideogram, 304

Pinochet, Augusto, 350

Piraeus, Greece, 233

Piromalli, Francesco and Giuseppe (Roly-poly brothers), 230–31

Piromalli family, 172, 305

Pistoleros, 360

Pistone, Joe, 80

Pizza Connection, 255

Pizzata, Bruno, 202–3, 205

Plan Colombia, 155–57

plastic surgery, 45–46

plata o plomo (money or lead), 127, 130

Platì, Italy, 193, 194, 215, 216, 217, 218, 229, 230

Pocho (sniffer dog), 343–44

Poh Lin (ship), 332

Policía Federal Ministerial (PFM), Mexican, 101

Polsi, San Luca, Italy, 168, 186–87, 194

Ponte San Pietro, Italy, 237

Ponzi schemes, 273–74

Poptún training camp, 86–87

Porky’s strip club, 279–80

Portugal, 297, 317–25, 333

Posada, Rosa María, 154

Posadas Ocampo, Juan Jesús, 40–41

potassium carbonate, 75

Poveda, Christian, 348–56

Prague, 275–76, 277

Presidential Security Service, Russian, 269

Prestieri, Maurizio, 226–27

Progreso, Mexico, 98, 329

Project Coronado, 64–65

prostitution, 94, 135, 269–70

Puente Grande prison, 41

Puma, Commander (AFI commander), 101

Pupone (Big Baby) (real estate agent), 202

Putin, Vladimir, 285–86

racehorses, 223, 252–53

Ragal (sniffer dog), 345

Rambo (paramilitary), 188

Ramírez Treviño, Mario Armando (El Pelón; X20), 61

Ramiro (drug dealer), 184, 190

Reagan, Ronald, 29

Red Ribbon Week, 33–34

Resortito (clown), 95–96

Reta, Rosalío, 96–97

Revelation, Book of, 375

Rex (mule dog), 346

Reyes, Fernando, 47

Reynosa, Mexico, 60, 101

RHM Trust Bank, 222–23

Riina, Salvatore (Totò), 259

Rijeka, Croatia, 180

Rimini, Italy, 251

Rodríguez Orejuela brothers, 129, 142

Roizis, Griša (the Cannibal), 279–81

Romanò, Attilio, 339

Romano, Lino, 339, 340

Rome, 202, 215, 225, 227, 230, 232, 239–40, 300, 331

Romero Vázquez, Jesús Antonio, 100

Rosarno, Italy, 193, 202–3, 298

RosUkrEnergo, 285–87

Rotterdam, 291, 308, 332

Royal Air Maroc, 323–24

Royal Bank of Scotland, 249–50, 252

Rubens, Peter Paul, 223

Ruello, Nello, 204

Russia:

arms trafficking in, 272, 273, 282, 283

arrests and imprisonment in, 260, 263, 275–76, 284–85

banking in, 270–71, 274

cocaine trafficking in, 279–82, 283, 287

drug addiction in, 282–83

economy of, 265–67, 270–71, 285–87

gas exports of, 285–87

mafia of, 251–52, 258–87, 289, 294

money laundering in, 251, 260, 268–69, 273, 276–78, 281, 283–84

prisons of, 260, 262, 265

prostitution in, 269–70

protection rackets in, 263–66

violence in, 263–68, 273, 285

see also Soviet Union

sailing vessels, 296–300

St. John, 375

Saint-Raphaël, France, 213

Šalamov, Varlam, 348

Salento, Italy, 217

Salerno, Italy, 179, 189, 291

Salina Cruz, Mexico, 295

Salinas de Gortari, Raúl, 255–57

Samper Pizano, Ernesto, 151

San Calogero, Italy, 175, 177, 195

Sánchez Celis, Leopoldo, 20

Sánchez Hinojosa, Alberto (El Tony), 296

San Diego, Calif., 40

San Fernando, Mexico, 102–3

San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy, 180, 196

San Luca, Italy, 168, 174, 203, 218

San Marino, 198–99

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 50

San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, 97

San Salvador, 352

Santa Marta, Colombia, 144–45

Santa Martha Acatitla prison, 365–66

Santa Monica Hospital, 46

Santos, Brazil, 307

São Paulo, Brazil, 332, 334

Scali, Natale, 173–74, 182, 184–85, 188, 189, 190, 191

Scampia (Naples neighborhood), 231, 338–42, 344, 346

Scipione, Santo (Papi), 174, 184–85, 187, 189

“scissionisti” (secessionists), 340

Scopelliti, Antonino, 169

scorpion logo, 302, 303

Scotland Yard, 245, 278

SEA, 179

Secondigliano (Naples neighborhood), 344

Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), Mexican, 95–96

Semana, 163–64

Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 253–54

Senegal, 320–21

September 11 attacks (2001), 242, 246

Sepúlveda, Dario, 360

Sepúlveda Blanco, Michael Corleone (Paco), 360, 362

Sergej (Mogilevic associate), 267–68

Sergi, Paolo (Shorty), 229–30, 235

Severa, Roberto, 225–26

sexual dysfunction, 120–22

Shadow Warriors, 350

Shakira, 133

Sheldan (yacht), 300

Sheremetyevo International Airport, 276

Sicilia, Javier, 71

Sicily, 167–69, 170, 217, 229, 230, 232–34

Siderno, Italy, 194, 214, 217

Sierra Leone, 321–22

Sinaloa, Mexico, 20, 25, 38–42, 46, 51–56, 60, 62, 66, 102, 126, 243, 306–7, 363–64

Sinopoli, Italy, 194

Sin tetas no hay paraíso (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise), 135

Sirio (sailboat), 300

Sirleaf, Fumbah, 321

Širokov, Nikolaj, 270

60 Minutes, 166

Slovakia, 272, 286

Smorfia Napoletana, 337–38

Sneath, Paul, 328

sniffer (antidrug) dogs, 289, 313, 330, 343–47

“snow,” 108, 113

Société Générale, 247

sodium bicarbonate, 113

sodium hydroxide, 113

Soldini, Giovanni, 297

Solís, Luis, 101

Solive, Carole, 355

Solncevo neighborhood, 262–63

Solncevskaja Bratva (Solncevo Brotherhood), 262–63, 268, 269–71, 275–76, 277, 284

Sol y Sombra discotheque, 63

Sonora, Mexico, 30, 45, 102

Sotheby’s, 271–72

South Africa, 322

South Sea (ship), 317

Soviet Jews, 260–61, 262, 268–69

Soviet Tango class submarines, 279–81

Soviet Union, 260–62, 264, 265, 268–69, 279–83, 287, 293

see also Russia

Spain, 52, 76, 179, 180, 216, 219, 222, 226–27, 234, 236, 237, 238, 291, 294, 306–7, 308, 331

Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker, 185–86

Special Operations Group (ROS), 178, 191, 298, 328

State Department, U.S., 32, 97

Stone cocaine, 118

Strangio, Francesco, 202, 203, 205

street pushers, 115–16, 123

strip clubs, 279–80

submarines, 127, 279–81, 293–96, 306

subprime mortgages, 247–48

sulfuric acid, 75

Summit International, 273–74

SuperEnalotto lottery, 193

superhero logos, 303

Supreme Court, Italian, 236

Supreme Court, Mexican, 41

suspicious activity reports (SARs), 199, 243–46

Switzerland, 255–57

synaptic junctures, 35–36

Taliban, 185

Tamaulipas, 42, 54, 60, 96, 100, 102–3

Tampico Alto, Mexico, 68

Taurianova, Italy, 197

Taxceno (Taxi Aéreo del Centro Norte), 44

Taylor, William, 286–87

Terremoto de Manizales (racehorse), 223

Texas, 42, 68

Thomson Reuters, 250

Thoreau, Henry David, 374

Tiempo, 368

Tierra Caliente (Hot Land), 63

Tijuana, Mexico, 30, 40, 44, 60, 93, 98

Time, 259, 317

Timofeev, Sergej (Sylvester), 273

Timošenko, Julija, 285

tocra coke, 112

Tocumen International Airport, 319

Top Rate Change, 227

Torre Cantú, Rodolfo, 100

transit taxes, 255–56

transnational organized crime (TOC), 250

Trapani, Italy, 231–32, 233

traveler’s checks, 243–46

Treasury Department, U.S., 245–46, 254

Trevi, Gloria, 101

Treviño Morales, José, 252–53

Treviño Morales, Miguel Ángel (El Z40), 98, 103, 252

Treviño Morales, Omar (El Z42), 98–99

Trimboli, Rocco, 230

Trinidad Cerón, Luis Alberto (El Guicho), 61

tripulantes (ship’s crew), 291–92, 297, 299, 300

Troika restaurant, 274

tropane alkaloids, 113–14

Trujillo, Carlos (Griselda Blanco’s first husband), 359–60

Truxillo coca, 114

Turatello, Francis (Angel Face), 212

Turin, 298, 331

Turkey, 215, 232

Twenty-first Motorized Cavalry Regiment, Mexican, 60

Ufa (sniffer dog), 345

U Holubů restaurant, 275

Ukraine, 260, 276, 277, 279, 285–87

UniCredit Bank, 193

Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity), 83

Union Frigo Transport Logistic, 196–97

United Nations, 74, 207–9, 250

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 207–9, 250

United Sacred Crown, 296–97

United States:

access routes to, 20–23, 39–40, 42, 49, 57, 59

cocaine market of, 34, 38–39, 51–53, 59, 73–77, 127, 289

Colombian relations with, 127, 131, 148–49, 154–66, 189

drug enforcement in, 19–34, 64–65, 97, 148–66, 168, 294–95

extraditions to, 41, 59, 131, 148–51, 162–66, 282, 285, 366

illegal immigration to, 102, 289

Italian relations with, 168, 178, 185–86

Mexican border of, 20–22, 39–40, 44, 53, 57, 60, 61, 69–70, 102, 289–90, 328

Mexican relations with, 28, 31, 41, 58, 158, 366

Russian mafia in, 262, 268, 273–74, 276, 279, 289, 294

war on terror of, 155–57, 187, 242, 254–55

Uralmaševskaja crime group, 269–70

Uribe, Álvaro, 155, 157, 166

Uribe Escobar, Mario, 166

Vado Ligure, Italy, 291, 329

Valdez Villarreal, Edgar (Barbie), 42–43

Valencia, Armando (Maradona), 158

Valencia, Erick (El 85), 67

Vallanzasca, Renato, 212

Valtur vacation resorts, 227

Van Kleef, Leon, 234–36

Varela, Wílber (Soap), 135

Vásquez Romero, Luis Roberto, 353, 354–55

Vega, Baruch, 149–51, 158–59, 162

Vendemini, Valter, 199

Venezuela, 164, 179–80, 202, 233, 238, 291

Ventrans, 180, 196

Ventrici, Francesco (El Gordo; Fatty), 175–76, 177, 180, 182–84, 190, 192, 195–200

Ventura Moussong, Juan Carlos, 365

Veracruz, Mexico, 67–68

Vibonesi group, 193

Vibo Valentia, Italy, 172, 175–76, 183, 191, 204–5, 254

Vida loca, La, 348–56

Vieira, João Bernardo, 316

Villarreal Barragán, Sergio (El Grande), 50

VM Trans, 196–97

Volkov, Aleksandr, 273–74

Vološin, Vladimir, 273–74

Volpiano, Italy, 344

Voltan, Mattia, 297–98, 299

Vory v zakone organization, 264–65, 271, 273, 285

Voz de Durango, La, 368

Voz de Michoacán, La, 64

Voz y Solución, 64

Wachovia Bank, 243–46, 249–50, 253

Wall Street, 247, 254, 273–74

Waridel, Paul Eduard (The Turk), 232–34

“white petrol,” 38, 57

WikiLeaks, 286–87

wiretapping, 181, 202, 228–30, 237, 298, 362

witness protection programs, 157–60, 164, 362

Woods, Martin, 243–46, 249–50, 252, 253

Woods, Ray, 332

Woods M5 Associates, 249

World Drug Report (2012), 207–9

yachts, 296–300

YBM Magnex International, 251, 276–77, 286

YouTube videos, 43, 67, 94

Yugoslavia, 219, 257

Yuma, Ariz., 290

Zacazonapan, Mexico, 68

Zambada García, Ismael (El Mayo), 30, 41, 55–56, 66, 363, 365

Zapata, Emiliano, 62

Zola, Émile, 348