166: Part 2: Pete Charette – The French Connection, Op. Southern Comfort, int'l undercover DEA narcotics agent

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 59 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	Okay, everybody, so we're back and this is the whole reason I wanted to bring
0:19.2	Pete Charet back to Game of Crimes for a second interview.
0:23.0	As you heard in the first episode, he was originally interviewed back in April of
0:26.4	2023 on episode 92.
0:29.6	If you've ever heard about the French Connection, if you've seen the movie about the French
0:33.1	connection if you've read a book about the French connection but now you want to
0:37.0	know the truth go listen to episode 92 because the man with me today is the man
0:41.9	that did the undercover for how many years was it be like three years I think you said
0:46.7	six years six years holy cow so you want to know the truth this is a place to come for the
0:52.4	truth all right is the place to come for the truth, all right?
0:54.0	But the reason I want to bring me back is because he was involved in one of the largest
0:58.3	cocaine conspiracy cases, probably the largest, I believe you said, in the history of the United States.
1:05.0	It's an operation that was called Operation Southern Cuffert, just like the liquor bottle.
1:10.0	It's a it's a case that I heard about in our operation I heard about over the years. I never was involved with it directly
1:17.6	only in a peripheral role, but I can't wait to find out what all happened here. So Pete, I don't want to waste any more time.
1:23.6	I want us to spend some time here.
1:24.9	And if you can outline how this case got started and what your role was and the
1:29.5	geographical areas that involved in the amount of drugs and the amount of money and the amount
1:33.3	arrest and just wow that's what I want here. Well Steve I was the supervisor in
1:38.4	Atlanta I was in I left France and then went to South Carolina. I was in South Carolina. I was the rack in South Carolina.
1:48.8	Two-man office, me and one age. Norm Schumard, God rest his soul, he passed away.
1:56.7	And when I got to South Carolina, South Carolina was corrupt as can be.
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