The Case Of A Confidential Informant Gone Wrong
Confidential informants, or people who pose as criminals so they can provide information to the government, have helped crack some major U.S. cases. They operate in a secret, largely unregulated world....
View ArticleCritics Blast Informant System Cloaked In Secrecy
Though movies like the 1990 mob tale Goodfellas put the spotlight on government informants, in reality, the ties between snitches and their handlers are rarely that transparent. Critics say the...
View ArticleRetired Drug Informant Says He Was Burned
Ernesto Gamboa, a native of El Salvador, spent more than a decade as an undercover informant for narcotics police, helping U.S. federal prosecutors secure nearly 100 convictions. Last summer, days...
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