The accountant's story: inside the violent world of the Medellín Cartel

Pablo Escobar and the Medellín drug cartel formed the greatest criminal empire of all time. At its peak, in the 1980s, Forbes pegged the Escobar fortune at a cool $6 billion. Pablo's older brother Roberto, the author of this book, says that actually the Escobars were worth far more than that. (...

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Authors: Escobar, Roberto (Author) ; Escobar Gaviria, Roberto 1947- (Author)
Contributors: Fisher, David 1946- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Grand Central Publ. 2009
In:Year: 2009
Edition:1. ed.
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3714
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Keywords:
Escobar, Pablo
Escobar Gaviria, Roberto
Drug dealers > Colombia > Biography
Biografie
Escobar, Pablo > 1949-1993
Medellin-Kartell > Geschichte
Kolumbien > Rauschgifthandel
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Summary:Pablo Escobar and the Medellín drug cartel formed the greatest criminal empire of all time. At its peak, in the 1980s, Forbes pegged the Escobar fortune at a cool $6 billion. Pablo's older brother Roberto, the author of this book, says that actually the Escobars were worth far more than that. (He notes, for instance, that the family was trafficking so much cocaine that they spent $1,000 a week just on rubber bands to hold together their bundles of cash.) Here he offers far more than diverting contraband trivia, presenting us with an insider's view of a murderous enterprise that outflanked governments on several continents. One of the most astonishing true crime books of the decade.--From publisher description
Pablo Escobar and the Medellín drug cartel formed the greatest criminal empire of all time. At its peak, in the 1980s, Forbes pegged the Escobar fortune at a cool $6 billion. Pablo's older brother Roberto, the author of this book, says that actually the Escobars were worth far more than that. (He notes, for instance, that the family was trafficking so much cocaine that they spent $1,000 a week just on rubber bands to hold together their bundles of cash.) Here he offers far more than diverting contraband trivia, presenting us with an insider's view of a murderous enterprise that outflanked governments on several continents. One of the most astonishing true crime books of the decade.--From publisher description
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:XII, 289 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:0446178926
9780446178921