Storefront Sting

An ATF Agent's Life Undercover
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4766-8819-0
Verlag: Exposit Books

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 273 g

This thrilling story memorializes one of the most dangerous—and successful—series of undercover operations conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Written by the ATF special agent who took these operations from disrupting small time fencing schemes to infiltrating major criminal organizations, this book is the first time that the true story of these secretive operations will be told.

During the operation's run from 2006-2014, Lou Valoze's fictitious businesses allowed his team of undercover agents to take thousands of weapons out of circulation and millions of dollars of drugs off the street. Through these covert "storefront" operations, the author developed a unique investigative blueprint for removing guns from the hands of violent felons, gang members, organized crime members and drug dealers. This book also explores the dark reality of living a double life and how it becomes difficult to tell the difference between the good guys and bad guys.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valoze, Lou

Whitney, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Lou Valoze is a retired federal agent who lives in Savannah, Georgia, and currently serves as an instructor for law enforcement officers. He spent the last two decades of his career working in an undercover capacity for long term, high profile and complex investigations of home invasion crews, outlaw motorcycle organizations, organized crime groups, murder-for-hire schemes, and conducting storefront operations, which became his calling card as an undercover agent. Brian Whitney has been a prisoner advocate, a landscaper, and a homeless outreach worker. He has written or co-authored numerous books, and has been featured in Newsweek, Esquire, Inside Edition, Dr. Phil, Fox News, People.com, Cracked.com, True Murder, and True Crime Garage, and has appeared at CrimeCon.