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From Insider. Andrew Pritchard was arrested for smuggling $130 million dollars worth of cocaine through the Caribbean to Europe using shipping containers in the 1990s and 2000s. Pritchard initially smuggled cocaine for the UK club scene using hard-sided suitcases packed with concealed drugs and decoy luggage to evade airport security. He then began smuggling from…
From Insider. Billy Queen was an undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He spent almost three years embedded in the Mongols Motorcycle club. Queen speaks to Business Insider about the internal workings of the Mongols, how he rose to become an officer in the club, its hierarchy, its rules, and…
From Insider. Michelin-star chefs and restaurateurs break down fine dining scenes from movies and TV based on realism. Paul Liebrandt, a Michelin-star chef and restaurateur, rates the portrayal of running a fine-dining restaurant in "Chef," the pursuit of three Michelin stars in "Burnt," and how social media has shaped the fine dining experience in "The…
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From Insider. Mike Dowd is a former New York City Police Department officer who became involved in drug dealing while on the force. He was arrested in 1992 and later convicted of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute narcotics, serving 12 years in federal prison. He speaks to Business Insider about how police corruption starts and…
From Insider. Frank D’Alesio is a retired special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who spent nearly two decades embedded in investigations targeting outlaw motorcycle clubs. D’Alesio also supported national ATF cases involving the Outlaws, Mongols, and Warlocks. From 2004 to 2005, operating undercover as "Junkyard," D’Alesio led one of ATF’s…
From Insider. Joaquin "Jack" Garcia is a retired FBI agent who worked 24 of his 26 years in the bureau undercover. He spent three years infiltrating the Gambino crime family under the alias "Jack Falcone." Garcia talks to Business Insider about his unconventional entry into the FBI, including challenges with his weight and Cuban background.…
From Insider. Chef and restaurateur Cesare Casella breaks down Italian cuisine scenes from movies and TV based on realism. Casella discusses the accuracy of the meatballs from "The Godfather," pasta sauce and thin garlic in "Goodfellas," and capicola in "The Sopranos." He also analyzes a dish from "Lady and the Tramp" (1955), timpano from "Big…
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From Insider. Eric Immesberger posed as a hitman in undercover operations to gather evidence against people attempting to hire one. He is a former agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who spent 21 years with the ATF investigating violent crime, including firearms trafficking, organized criminal crews, and murder-for-hire plots. Movies and…
From Insider. Chef and restaurateur Camari Mick breaks down dessert scenes from movies and TV based on realism. Mick discusses the accuracy of fine-dining dessert ingredients in FX’s "The Bear," the baking techniques in "Chef" (2014), and the pitfalls of processed foods from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." She also gives recipe suggestions for…
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From Insider. Garrard Conley was enrolled in the now defunct Love in Action conversion therapy program in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 19. He was sent there by his parents after a classmate disclosed his sexual orientation to them following an assault. Conley grew up in a deeply religious family in rural Arkansas. He says he…
From Insider. Craig Mundie is a former chief technical officer at Microsoft who spent years working on the policy questions raised by new technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Mundie talks to Business Insider about what makes modern AI fundamentally different from traditional computing, why today’s systems can feel “intelligent,” and what that means for trust. He…
From Insider. John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer specializing in counterterrorism. He was named the chief of CIA counterterrorism operations in Pakistan in 2002. Kiriakou talks to Business Insider about how the CIA recruits foreign agents to spy for the United States, their bunker raid tactics, and how they track and hunt terrorists. He…
From Insider. Ricardo Martinez II spent more than a decade as a 911 dispatcher, handling thousands of emergencies as US 911 centers face a nationwide staffing and funding crisis. Across the country, emergency call centers are short-staffed, underfunded, and losing dispatchers faster than they can replace them. A 2023 survey found that one in four…