Welcome to episode 311 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a Retired on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does

through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to

retired agent Jerry Hester who served in the FBI for 20 years. In this episode he reviews his Pezon Blues investigation, an FBI

undercover operation that exposed Italian mafia so Robertoo Roberto Centenary's global crime network with the

collaboration of the Italian National Police and surprisingly the cooperation

of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein. the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award for his work on the Pezon Blue investigation.

After the case review, we discuss Jerry's new book, Miami Mafia, FBI politics and how an investigation was nearly sabotaged.

The book is focused on Operation Pezon Blues and the investigation of Centenary, but it also describes how and why Jerry believes the

FBI internal agency politics and conflicting agendas affected the investigation.

During his Bureau career, Jerry was assigned to the San Francisco and Miami FBI field offices,

conducting criminal investigations into matters involving organized crime, narcotics,

public corruption, and counterterrorism.

He gained extensive experience in working joint international investigations with foreign government officials.

Before his retirement, he managed the Miami FBI's confidential human source program.

Currently, Jerry is an integrity representative with the NFL,

National Football League, and their security department,

conducting and overseeing game day security for players and referees

and monitoring compliance with NFL policy

as it relates to the legalized sports betting industry.

Now before we get to the case review I want to provide an

information alert for those interested in an internship with the FBI. The

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