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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