Pierre “Pete” Charette

This is the story of a French-Canadian boy, Pierre "Pete" Charette, born in Valleyfield, Quebec Province, and who became a key figure in the war on drugs in the United States and Europe. His adventures spanned a heart-pounding 33 years as a police officer, undercover detective, and DEA Special Agent throughout the United States and around the world. It chronicles Charette's fascinating, high-stakes and impactful career first-hand. It includes some of the most famous cases ever developed by him, his colleagues, and the DEA.

His investigative ability and imagination in numerous undercover roles took him from the United States into the French criminal underworld (including the French Connection), the Iron Curtain, and across the planet to untangle and uncover some of the largest criminal organizations. He and his team took down major domestic and international drug traffickers. His life is filled with cunning intrigue and white-knuckle courage. He risked his life on numerous occasions, in order to effect the arrest of these major international drug traffickers.

He was instrumental in the takedown of Harold Rosenthal, head of the largest cocaine conspiracy organization in the United States. Codenamed Southern Comfort, Pete, and his fellow agents were in constant threat of assassination before the case was finally closed.

Throughout his career, this special agent received numerous awards for his bravery and accomplishments in the war on drugs against the United States. In this book, Charette offers first-hand accounts of investigations that have paved the path for the development of new and innovative techniques for undercover work and investigations in narcotic enforcement

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