Elaine Shannon

Listen to "Elaine Shannon Releases Hunting Leroux" on Spreaker. In HUNTING LEROUX, bestselling author Elaine Shannon takes readers to the dark frontier, going deep into the mind of one of the most frightening figures of modern crime—Escobar and Victor Bout along with the innovative vision of Steve Jobs rolled into one. Paul LeRoux was bold disruptor, his methods brought international crime into the age of innovation, making his operations barely detectable and LeRoux nearly invisible. But he gained the attention of a small band of bold, unorthodox DEA agents, whose brief was tracking down drugs-and-arms trafficking kingpins who contributed to war and global instability. LeRoux dealt with rogue nations—Iran and North Korea—Chinese Triads, Somali Warlords, guerillas, corrupt African and Asian officials and ex-NATO soldiers-turned-mercenary killers. His crimes included: Selling Iran components of nuclear warheads, including electronic parts and chemicals. Agreeing to sell a militant group portable surface-to-air missiles for attacks on U.S. and UN aircraft involved in opium crop eradication. Developing a new recipe for a high explosive for terrorist bombs, to be made from common coffee sweetener. Iranian officials asked for the recipe to share with Iran’s proxy terror cells operating in the U.S., Europe, Israel and elsewhere. Ordering and financing the murders of at least seven people. Conspiring to import tons of North Korean methamphetamine into the United States, in conjunction with members of the Chinese Triads, Outlaw motorcycle gangs and other traffickers. The 960 Group, an element of the DEA’s Special Operations Division, launched some of the most complex, coordinated and dangerous operations in the agency’s history. They used unorthodox methods and undercover informants to penetrate LeRoux’s inner circle and bring him down. Remarkable, disturbing, and utterly engrossing, HUNTING LEROUX puts you in the room with these people and their moment-to-moment encounters, jeopardy, frustration, anger and small victories, creating a narrative with a breath-taking edge, immediacy and a stranger-than-fiction reality. I hope you might consider inviting Elaine on your show to discuss his international crime story of epic proportions.