economy of, 265–67, 270–71, 285–87
gas exports of, 285–87
mafia of, 251–52, 258–87, 289, 294
money laundering in, 251, 260, 268–69, 273, 276–78, 281, 283–84
prisons of, 260, 262, 265
prostitution in, 269–70
protection rackets in, 263–66
violence in, 263–68, 273, 285
see also Soviet Union
sailing vessels, 296–300
St. John, 375
Saint-Raphaël, France, 213
Šalamov, Varlam, 348
Salento, Italy, 217
Salerno, Italy, 179, 189, 291
Salina Cruz, Mexico, 295
Salinas de Gortari, Raúl, 255–57
Samper Pizano, Ernesto, 151
San Calogero, Italy, 175, 177, 195
Sánchez Celis, Leopoldo, 20
Sánchez Hinojosa, Alberto (El Tony), 296
San Diego, Calif., 40
San Fernando, Mexico, 102–3
San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy, 180, 196
San Luca, Italy, 168, 174, 203, 218
San Marino, 198–99
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 50
San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, 97
San Salvador, 352
Santa Marta, Colombia, 144–45
Santa Martha Acatitla prison, 365–66
Santa Monica Hospital, 46
Santos, Brazil, 307
São Paulo, Brazil, 332, 334
Scali, Natale, 173–74, 182, 184–85, 188, 189, 190, 191
Scampia (Naples neighborhood), 231, 338–42, 344, 346
Scipione, Santo (Papi), 174, 184–85, 187, 189
“scissionisti” (secessionists), 340
Scopelliti, Antonino, 169
scorpion logo, 302, 303
Scotland Yard, 245, 278
SEA, 179
Secondigliano (Naples neighborhood), 344
Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), Mexican, 95–96
Semana, 163–64
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 253–54
Senegal, 320–21
September 11 attacks (2001), 242, 246
Sepúlveda, Dario, 360
Sepúlveda Blanco, Michael Corleone (Paco), 360, 362
Sergej (Mogilevic associate), 267–68
Sergi, Paolo (Shorty), 229–30, 235
Severa, Roberto, 225–26
sexual dysfunction, 120–22
Shadow Warriors, 350
Shakira, 133
Sheldan (yacht), 300
Sheremetyevo International Airport, 276
Sicilia, Javier, 71
Sicily, 167–69, 170, 217, 229, 230, 232–34
Siderno, Italy, 194, 214, 217
Sierra Leone, 321–22
Sinaloa, Mexico, 20, 25, 38–42, 46, 51–56, 60, 62, 66, 102, 126, 243, 306–7, 363–64
Sinopoli, Italy, 194
Sin tetas no hay paraíso (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise), 135
Sirio (sailboat), 300
Sirleaf, Fumbah, 321
Širokov, Nikolaj, 270
60 Minutes, 166
Slovakia, 272, 286
Smorfia Napoletana, 337–38
Sneath, Paul, 328
sniffer (antidrug) dogs, 289, 313, 330, 343–47
“snow,” 108, 113
Société Générale, 247
sodium bicarbonate, 113
sodium hydroxide, 113
Soldini, Giovanni, 297
Solís, Luis, 101
Solive, Carole, 355
Solncevo neighborhood, 262–63
Solncevskaja Bratva (Solncevo Brotherhood), 262–63, 268, 269–71, 275–76, 277, 284
Sol y Sombra discotheque, 63
Sonora, Mexico, 30, 45, 102
Sotheby’s, 271–72
South Africa, 322
South Sea (ship), 317
Soviet Jews, 260–61, 262, 268–69
Soviet Tango class submarines, 279–81
Soviet Union, 260–62, 264, 265, 268–69, 279–83, 287, 293
see also Russia
Spain, 52, 76, 179, 180, 216, 219, 222, 226–27, 234, 236, 237, 238, 291, 294, 306–7, 308, 331
Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker, 185–86
Special Operations Group (ROS), 178, 191, 298, 328
State Department, U.S., 32, 97
Stone cocaine, 118
Strangio, Francesco, 202, 203, 205
street pushers, 115–16, 123
strip clubs, 279–80
submarines, 127, 279–81, 293–96, 306
subprime mortgages, 247–48
sulfuric acid, 75
Summit International, 273–74
SuperEnalotto lottery, 193
superhero logos, 303
Supreme Court, Italian, 236
Supreme Court, Mexican, 41
suspicious activity reports (SARs), 199, 243–46
Switzerland, 255–57
synaptic junctures, 35–36
Taliban, 185
Tamaulipas, 42, 54, 60, 96, 100, 102–3
Tampico Alto, Mexico, 68
Taurianova, Italy, 197
Taxceno (Taxi Aéreo del Centro Norte), 44
Taylor, William, 286–87
Terremoto de Manizales (racehorse), 223
Texas, 42, 68
Thomson Reuters, 250
Thoreau, Henry David, 374
Tiempo, 368
Tierra Caliente (Hot Land), 63
Tijuana, Mexico, 30, 40, 44, 60, 93, 98
Time, 259, 317
Timofeev, Sergej (Sylvester), 273
Timošenko, Julija, 285
tocra coke, 112
Tocumen International Airport, 319
Top Rate Change, 227
Torre Cantú, Rodolfo, 100
transit taxes, 255–56
transnational organized crime (TOC), 250
Trapani, Italy, 231–32, 233
traveler’s checks, 243–46
Treasury Department, U.S., 245–46, 254
Trevi, Gloria, 101
Treviño Morales, José, 252–53
Treviño Morales, Miguel Ángel (El Z40), 98, 103, 252
Treviño Morales, Omar (El Z42), 98–99
Trimboli, Rocco, 230
Trinidad Cerón, Luis Alberto (El Guicho), 61
tripulantes (ship’s crew), 291–92, 297, 299, 300
Troika restaurant, 274
tropane alkaloids, 113–14
Trujillo, Carlos (Griselda Blanco’s first husband), 359–60
Truxillo coca, 114
Turatello, Francis (Angel Face), 212
Turin, 298, 331
Turkey, 215, 232
Twenty-first Motorized Cavalry Regiment, Mexican, 60
Ufa (sniffer dog), 345
U Holubů restaurant, 275
Ukraine, 260, 276, 277, 279, 285–87
UniCredit Bank, 193
Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity), 83
Union Frigo Transport Logistic, 196–97
United Nations, 74, 207–9, 250
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 207–9, 250
United Sacred Crown, 296–97
United States:
access routes to, 20–23, 39–40, 42, 49, 57, 59
cocaine market of, 34, 38–39, 51–53, 59, 73–77, 127, 289
Colombian relations with, 127, 131, 148–49, 154–66, 189
drug enforcement in, 19–34, 64–65, 97, 148–66, 168, 294–
95
extraditions to, 41, 59, 131, 148–51, 162–66, 282, 285, 366
illegal immigration to, 102, 289
Italian relations with, 168, 178, 185–86
Mexican border of, 20–22, 39–40, 44, 53, 57, 60, 61, 69–70, 102, 289–90, 328
Mexican relations with, 28, 31, 41, 58, 158, 366
Russian mafia in, 262, 268, 273–74, 276, 279, 289, 294
war on terror of, 155–57, 187, 242, 254–55
Uralmaševskaja crime group, 269–70
Uribe, Álvaro, 155, 157, 166
Uribe Escobar, Mario, 166
Vado Ligure, Italy, 291, 329
Valdez Villarreal, Edgar (Barbie), 42–43
Valencia, Armando (Maradona), 158
Valencia, Erick (El 85), 67
Vallanzasca, Renato, 212
Valtur vacation resorts, 227
Van Kleef, Leon, 234–36
Varela, Wílber (Soap), 135
Vásquez Romero, Luis Roberto, 353, 354–55
Vega, Baruch, 149–51, 158–59, 162
Vendemini, Valter, 199
Venezuela, 164, 179–80, 202, 233, 238, 291
Ventrans, 180, 196
Ventrici, Francesco (El Gordo; Fatty), 175–76, 177, 180, 182–84, 190, 192, 195–200
Ventura Moussong, Juan Carlos, 365
Veracruz, Mexico, 67–68
Vibonesi group, 193
Vibo Valentia, Italy, 172, 175–76, 183, 191, 204–5, 254
Vida loca, La, 348–56
Vieira, João Bernardo, 316
Villarreal Barragán, Sergio (El Grande), 50
VM Trans, 196–97
Volkov, Aleksandr, 273–74
Vološin, Vladimir, 273–74
Volpiano, Italy, 344
Voltan, Mattia, 297–98, 299
Vory v zakone organization, 264–65, 271, 273, 285
Voz de Durango, La, 368
Voz de Michoacán, La, 64
Voz y Solución, 64
Wachovia Bank, 243–46, 249–50, 253
Wall Street, 247, 254, 273–74
Waridel, Paul Eduard (The Turk), 232–34
“white petrol,” 38, 57
WikiLeaks, 286–87
wiretapping, 181, 202, 228–30, 237, 298, 362
witness protection programs, 157–60, 164, 362
Woods, Martin, 243–46, 249–50, 252, 253
Woods, Ray, 332
Woods M5 Associates, 249
World Drug Report (2012), 207–9
yachts, 296–300
YBM Magnex International, 251, 276–77, 286
YouTube videos, 43, 67, 94
Yugoslavia, 219, 257
Yuma, Ariz., 290
Zacazonapan, Mexico, 68
Zambada García, Ismael (El Mayo), 30, 41, 55–56, 66, 363, 365
Zapata, Emiliano, 62
Zola, Émile, 348
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