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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