Operation Cody: An Undercover Investigation of Illegal

Operation Cody: An Undercover Investigation of Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

This true story, told in first-person, follows two undercover game wardens as they work to bring down the Pacific Northwestâ€™s wildlife parts black-market. The undercover game wardens, posing as husband and wife, lure commercial poachers into their trap by operating an undercover wildlife business complete with an enticing website. Follow along as the two wardens risk their lives dealing with dangerous criminals, all the while battling their own administration in an effort to keep their investigation running. PROLOGUE: Dictionary.com defines camouflage as: â€œthe act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background.â€ Game wardens across the world are very familiar with camouflage, but perhaps not the type that game warden Jennifer Maurstad and I are attired in this day. The camouflage of the day, for this undercover assignment, is what I refer to as â€œmy good clothesâ€ and requires me to pull on dress slacks, a nice polo shirt and dress shoes; clothes which feel totally foreign to me. Jennifer and I refer to this type of camouflage as â€œdressing moneyâ€. â€œDressing moneyâ€ is required today â€œto deceive our enemyâ€, in this case a millionaire illegal wildlife trafficker. We have portrayed ourselves as mid-level traffickers, and must look and act the part. As we head towards the millionaireâ€™s home, to trade in high-value illegal wildlife, we both already look forward to changing into our â€œtrailer trashâ€ clothes for the next stop. Clothing changes are the least of our concerns as we meet with our clients, some of whom are heavily involved in illegal drugs and violent crime. With little support from our own agency, we travel across the northwest, buying and selling hawks, eagles, bighorn sheep, bear parts, caviar, and thousands of pounds of deer and elk meat. As our illegal wildlife business heats up, so do the attacks from within. In the end, we successfully worked our way into the wildlife black-market to an extraordinary level, breaking up both domestic and international poaching rings.
Country USA
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781484148372
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781484148372
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Operation Cody: An Undercover Investigation of Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

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