166: Part 1: Pete Charette – The French Connection, Op. Southern Comfort, int'l undercover DEA narcotics agent

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🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Murph welcomes back Pete Charette, a former law enforcement officer with a rich history in undercover operations. Pete details his experiences in various undercover operations, including the pivotal roles he played in the real French Connection, and the infamous Southern Comfort operation, one of the largest cocaine conspiracy cases in U.S. history. The conversation also touches on the broader implications of the drug war and the ongoing challenges faced by law enforcement in combating drug trafficking.

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0:00.0	Pete Chorette is back on Game of Crimes, talking about his international undercover narcotics
0:06.0	role, the French connection, Operation Southern Comfort, working behind the Iron Curtain. What else is he going to talk about?
0:14.0	Stay tuned. Here we go. Hey the all you players welcome. Welcome back to Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.
0:33.0	This week's episode is very special just like every week's episode,
0:36.6	but it really is special this week because I'm bringing back an old friend.
0:40.6	And if you remember, we had this gentleman on.
0:42.8	Now this was before we were posting on YouTube,
0:44.8	so you haven't seen him before.
0:46.6	But we had today's guest on episode 92 back in April of 2023.
0:52.0	And our guest today is I used to call him boss. I probably still will call
0:56.7	him boss today but we're very honored to bring back a gentleman a patriot, a man who served his country unbelievably well.
1:06.6	You've heard some of his stories if you heard his last episode and wait till you here today.
1:10.3	But it's my honor to welcome back Pete Charet.
1:13.2	Brother Pete, thank you for coming back, remand.
1:15.6	Thank you for having me and I miss you, Pell,
1:19.3	and I wish we could do it all over again. Yeah, those were the days, weren't they? Yes, they were. I tell you what, and we'll get
1:27.5	into it here just a little bit more after we go through what are we regularly
1:32.2	call our small town police blotterns and
1:34.2	Pete is originally French Canadian so he's he came from Canada so it's only
1:38.7	appropriate that I find the stupid criminal story from Canada.
1:43.1	And just like we have, they have theirs up there as well.
1:45.9	Okay.
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