The Grandma Mafia

About the Book

Suitcases of money . . . boxes of cocaine . . . undercover agents . . . wiretaps . . . government leaks . . . crooked agents . . . and grandmas? For most of their lives the four middle-aged women had never violated the law. But cocaine and its false promise of excitement and riches drew them in, one by one, into a multi-million-dollar money laundering and cocaine trafficking scheme. Cocaine also ensnared a nationally known jeans designer and sent him plummeting on a path toward personal destruction. Perhaps most disturbing of all, cocaine's profits lured agents from two different federal agencies--men sworn to investigate and bring cocaine traffickers to justice--to violate their oaths and engage in significant criminal acts. This is the true but incredible story of the Grandma Mafia.

About the Author

Robert J. Perry was a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles for twenty-nine years. He presided over more than 750 criminal cases, including 315 murder trials. He recently retired, Prior to becoming a judge, Perry was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles for more than 11 years. The Grandma Mafia describes one of his most memorable cases in more than forty years in the criminal arena.