Beginning with a chase that crosses continents, exploits from Aleppo to Adana, from Rome to Beirut, from Athens to a darkened road on the Turkish coast, this book traces the incredible career of Charles Siragusa, the federal narcotics agent whose exploits spanned twenty-five years and twenty-five years and twenty-nine countries.
Fast paced, action-packed, and full of suspense, this is the story of a crusade. Charles Siragusa was raised in the Mafia-ridden Italian ghetto of New York. He bore firsthand knowledge of the stranglehold of organized crime... and had sworn to devote his life to fighting it. As a member of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, he became so expert in the battle against the international trade in illegal narcotics that he served as a one man task force on assignment throughout the worked. He was instrumental in breaking some of the most complex narcotics smuggling opperations.
Language
English
Pages
235
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 1966
The Trail Of The Poppy: Behind The Mask Of The Mafia
Beginning with a chase that crosses continents, exploits from Aleppo to Adana, from Rome to Beirut, from Athens to a darkened road on the Turkish coast, this book traces the incredible career of Charles Siragusa, the federal narcotics agent whose exploits spanned twenty-five years and twenty-five years and twenty-nine countries.
Fast paced, action-packed, and full of suspense, this is the story of a crusade. Charles Siragusa was raised in the Mafia-ridden Italian ghetto of New York. He bore firsthand knowledge of the stranglehold of organized crime... and had sworn to devote his life to fighting it. As a member of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, he became so expert in the battle against the international trade in illegal narcotics that he served as a one man task force on assignment throughout the worked. He was instrumental in breaking some of the most complex narcotics smuggling opperations.