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Operation Greylord

The True Story of an Untrained Undercover Agent and America's Biggest Corruption Bust

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Operation Greylord

By: Terrence Hake, Wayne Klatt
Narrated by: Charles Constant
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Operation Greylord was the longest and most successful undercover investigation in FBI history, and the largest corruption bust ever in the US. It resulted in bribery and tax charges against 103 judges, lawyers, and other court personnel, and, eventually, more than 70 indictments. And it was led by Terrence Hake, a young assistant prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in Chicago, who worked undercover for nearly four years, accepting bribes, making payoffs, wearing a wire in bars and to racetracks, bugging a judge's chambers, and befriending people he knew he would betray.

©2015 Terrence Hake and Wayne Klatt (P)2015 Tantor
20th Century Americas Corruption & Misconduct History Law Modern Politics & Government Professionals & Academics State & Local United States Crime

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"True crime narratives don't get much more suspenseful than Hake's account of his covert work to expose the endemic corruption in the Chicago court system." ( Publishers Weekly)
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comprehensive study on undercover work and corruption in 1970s 1980s us court system. Honest account by author.

intriguing true story

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