Episode 7: Colin McLaren

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Hello and welcome back to “Breakfast with Mom”!

Today I want to tell you a story about Colin McLaren, an Australian documentary filmmaker, crime writer and former police detective sergeant and task force team leader.

Colin McLaren joined the police academy at the age of 24 and worked in law enforcement during the 1980s and 1990s. He was asked to join a covert surveillance unit, he began spying on drug importers and the ringleaders of organized crime.
Say What!?!: https://people.com/human-interest/how-missing-8-year-old-boy-survived-2-days-michigan-park/

Resources for Colin McLaren:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11724457/How-Colin-McLaren-infiltrated-Calabrian-mafia-did-drugs-Australia-undercover-cop.html

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/mafia-killers-with-colin-mclaren/umc.cmc.13wiepntqnnlcdjz0ntulo5za

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/how-i-went-from-spying-on-the-mafia-to-studying-its-history-20220222-p59yjg

Books by McLaren: https://www.amazon.com/Colin-McLaren/e/B00EV47KH2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_9&sr=1-9

Credits:

Music: "A Sip of Coffee to Relieve Stress" by Katzen Tupas

Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured

Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa

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Email: [email protected]