Hunting a Mastermind

February 26, 2019 10:13 AM

Meet The Digital El Chapo - "Meanwhile, sitting in federal jail a few miles away from the Brooklyn courtroom where Guzmán was convicted, and awaiting his own sentencing, is a 46-year-old ex-computer programmer named Paul Calder Le Roux. He is a lesser-known former drug kingpin, but his methods may tell us more than Guzmán’s about where the modern drug-cartel model is headed. Le Roux, a South African who also holds Australian citizenship, has admitted to building an international drug and arms trafficking organization that operated for nearly a decade on six continents." Evan Ratliff's series[MAIN LINK] on The Mastermind is now a book. Le Roux is also the subject of Elaine Shannon's new book, Hunting LeRoux

Meet Paul Le Roux, the cyber criminal exposed in new books by Evan Ratliff and Elaine Shannon

Jonny Auping interviews Evan Ratliffe about his recent book on Le Roux, The Mastermind

Kara Swicher interviews Evan Ratliff

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posted by mwhybark at 10:15 AM on February 26, 2019

Heard about this guy on the Reply All podcast. Not surprised at all to learn he was a racist extremely online libertarian prior to becoming a crime lord.
posted by Kitty Stardust at 10:17 AM on February 26, 2019 [1 favorite]