Dirty Money

<I><B>Dirty Money</B></I> describes the origin of financial investigations of narcotics traffickers through four landmark prosecutions in Los Angeles. <B>The House that Heroin Built</B> tells of how a major heroin dealer's purchases of luxury items including a San Marino mansion and several expensive cars were used to prove he was the leader of a national organization and obtain a life without parole sentence. <B>The Hunt for the Architect</B> details how a small bank's reports of currency deposits helped identify and bring to justice an organization which derived more than $32000000 from heroin and cocaine. <B>A Very Very Honest Lawyer</B> concerns the detection and investigation of a sophisticated money laundering service for narcotics traffickers run by a Beverly Hills attorney. <B>The Grandma Mafia</B> relates how a courageous banker helped uncover a multi-million dollar money laundering and cocaine trafficking operation run by middle-aged grandmothers. The recounting of these significant cases is told by former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Perry who supervised the investigations and represented the government at trial.</P>Today financial investigations are a major weapon in the federal government's continuing fight against narcotics. This important investigative technique originated in the cases described in this book.</P>