When the Soviet Union collapsed, I was a member of the Panamanian underworld that laundered drug money for Colombia’s Cali drug cartel. My friends in Panama’s mafia, several of whom had high-level KGB connections, also worked with Russian power brokers to launder and invest in assets stolen from the Russian public as its economy was […]
Robert Mazur, a U.S. federal agent for 27 years, is a court-certified expert in money laundering-related matters in both the U.S. and Canada. He is the New York Times best-selling author of “THE INFILTRATOR,” a memoir about his life undercover as a money launderer within Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel. He was an executive producer of the film by the same name, starring Bryan Cranston. His new book, “THE BETRAYAL”, a memoir about his undercover life as a launderer for the Cali Cartel and underworld of Panama, will be released by Amazon Publishing in April of 2022. He is the president of KYC Solutions, a company that provides speaking, training, consulting and expert witness services globally.
How Goes the War Against Laundering?
If a willingness to do the right thing were the fuel that powered the attack on money launderers, that initiative would be a total success. Compliance professionals, regulators and law enforcement officers are motivated, but we struggle to think outside the box and change our method of operation. It’s time for us to work together […]