065: Bob Hamer – NAMBLA, Undercover Pedophile, and Sex Tourism
FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2017
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Bob Hamer reviews an undercover operation where he infiltrated the security-obsessed North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). Disguised as an aging pedophile. Bob was able to crack the group's extensive international network and to identify and gather evidence on sex tourists traveling overseas to sexually exploit children. His non-fiction book, THE LAST UNDERCOVER, details his FBI undercover careers, with special emphasis on his courageous assignment to penetrate NAMBLA.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 65 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime |
| 0:14.4 | FBI cases. In this episode we speak with retired agent Bob Hamer |
| 0:20.4 | who served in the FBI for 26 years. |
| 0:24.0 | While in the Bureau, Heamer, a Marine Corps veteran, worked organized crime, gangs, terrorism, |
| 0:30.8 | and child exploitation. |
| 0:33.4 | Most of his career was spent undercover, |
| 0:36.1 | and assignments lasting anywhere from several days |
| 0:39.5 | to more than three years. |
| 0:42.0 | Bob successfully posed as a drug dealer, a contract killer, an |
| 0:46.8 | international weapons dealer, a white-collar crime criminal, and a pedophile. |
| 0:53.6 | In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, |
| 0:57.8 | he is interviewed about infiltrating the security obsessed North American Man Boy Love Association, Nambla. |
| 1:09.2 | Disguised as an aging pedophile, he was able to crack the group's intensive international network |
| 1:17.1 | and to identify and gather evidence on sex tourists traveling overseas to sexual on Sex Tourist Traveling Overseas to Sexually Exploit Children. |
| 1:27.0 | Bob Hamer received numerous awards throughout his career including the coveted FBI directors award for |
| 1:35.2 | Distinguished Service and five United States Attorney Awards for |
| 1:39.9 | Distinguished Service. Bob has written and consulted for television and is the |
| 1:45.2 | author of three award-winning books and three novellas. His non-fiction book, |
| 1:51.3 | The Last Undercover, details his FBI Undercover Career, with special emphasis |
| 1:58.8 | on his courageous assignment to penetrate Nambler. You are going to be absolutely floored when you hear |
| 2:08.7 | this interview. I know I was. It's going to make you angry and it's going to be disturbing. But I hope you |
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