Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) v. Omer Gavish, Court of Appeal, September 17, 2014, DCCC 1033 & 1036/2012 (A).

Internal Report of the Brazilian Federal Police, Grupo de Investigações Sensíveis (GISE), “Operation America,” on surveillance of Paul Calder Le Roux, Pro- cessso Criminal 0014974-53.2012.4.02.5101-7, Vara Criminal Federal, 2012.

People of the Philippines v. Lawrence John Burne, Republic of the Philippines Court of Tax Appeals, December 3, 2014, CTA Crim. Case No. O-170.

U.N. Monitoring Group Report, “Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1916,” United Nations, June 20, 2011.

USA v. Hunter et al., S.D.N.Y, 1:13-cr-00521 (2013-18). Defendants: Joseph Hunter, Timothy Vamvakias, Dennis Gögel, Michael Filter, Slawomir Sobor- ski, Adam Samia, David Stillwell (although Samia and Stillwell were prose- cuted for different crimes than Vamvakias, Gögel, Filter, and Soborski, the court used the same case number, as I have done here).

USA v. Stammers et al., S.D.N.Y, 1:13-cr-00579 (2013-16). Defendants: Scott Stammers, Philip Shackels, Ye Tiong Tan Lim, Allan Kelly Reyes Peralta, Adrian Valkovic.

USA v. Berkman et al., D. Minn., 0:13-cr-00273 (2013-18). Defendants: Alon Berkman, Moran Oz, Babubhai Patel, Jonathan Wall, Shai Reuven, Lachlan Scott McConnell, Omer Bezalel, Elias Karkalas, Prabhakara Rao Tumpati, Onochie Aghaegbuna, and Eyad Mahrouq.

USA v. Le Roux et al., S.D.N.Y, 1:12-cr-00489 (2012-18). Defendants: Paul Calder Le Roux, Shai Reuven.

USA v. Charles G. Schultz, E.D. Wis., 1:14-cr-00089 (2012–14).

USA v. Babubhai Patel, E.D. Mich., 2:11-cr-20468 (2011–18).

PROLOGUE

xv says the South African: All dialogue and descriptions derive from recordings of the meeting.

xvi Jack who made the initial connection: Interview with the man identified in this book as Felix Klaussen. See Chapter 6 notes for further explanation.

xx walked through the glass doors: USA v. Berkman, Document 990-7, May 22, 2017. The pharmacy was Schultz Pharmacy, one of two owned by Schultz, along with Medicine Mart in Monroe.

xx 700,000 illegal painkiller prescriptions . . . $27 million: USA v. Schultz, Docu- ment 22, November 14, 2014.

xx Inside they discovered: “Australian Found with 20 Tons of Explosive Materi- als,” Oriental Daily, May 4, 2012.

xxi an Israeli Australian citizen: HKSAR v. Shulman. Also HKSAR v. Hen, Fad- lon.

xxi handwritten directions: Internal Report of the Brazilian Federal Police.

xxi a pair of spear fishermen: Interview with Grant O’Fee, former police commis- sioner of Tonga, conducted by Oliver Conroy. While O’Fee and other au-