Zero Zero Zero

From the author of the #1 international bestseller Gomorrah comes anelectrifying investigation of the international cocaine trade, as viciousas it is powerful, and its hidden role in the global economy

In many countries, 000 flour is the finest on the market. It is hard to find, but it is soft, light, almost impalpable like the purest, highest qualitygrade of cocaine. ZeroZeroZero is also the title of Roberto Saviano´s unforgettable, internationally bestselling exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade its rules and armies, and the truedepth of its reach into the world economy and, byextension, its grasp on us all.

Gomorrah, Saviano s explosive account of theNeapolitan mob, the Camorra, was a worldwidepublishing sensation. It struck such a nerve withthe Camorra that Saviano has had to live undertwenty-four-hour police protection for morethan eight years. During this time he has cometo know law enforcement agencies and officialsaround the world. With their cooperation, Savianohas broadened his perspective to take in the entireglobal corporate entity that is the drug trade andthe complex money-laundering operations thatallow it to function, often with the complicity ofthe world s biggest banks.

The result is a truly harrowing and groundbreaking synthesis of intimate literary narrative and geopolitical analysis of one of themost powerful dark forces in our economy. Saviano tracks the shift in the cocaine trade s axis of power, from Colombia to Mexico, and relates how the Latin American cartels and gangs have forged alliances, first with the Italian crime syndicates, then with the Russians, Africans, and others. Onthe one hand, he charts a remarkable increase insophistication as these criminal entities diversify into many other products and markets. On theother, he reveals the astonishing increase in the severity of violence as they have fought to protectand extend their power