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Chameleon: The Lives of Dorothy Proctor From Street Criminal to International Special Agent

NCJ Number
168368
Author(s)
D Proctor; F Rosen
Date Published
1994
Length
250 pages
Annotation
This autobiography tells the story of Dorothy Proctor, who was involved in criminal offenses from an early age and who later became an undercover agent for the Canadian government and infiltrated organized crime and terrorist groups.
Abstract
Dorothy's mother owned a brothel and her father was married to someone else. Her father, mother, and her mother's clients repeatedly beat, raped, and psychologically abused her. She lived with various relatives across territorial, economic, racial, ethnic, and social boundaries. Many of her relatives were criminals. Her multicultural heritage included relatives who were white, black, Native American Indian, and Asian. She ran away from home by age 18. She became a prostitute, drug dealer, street criminal, convict, prison escapee, and mistress of a drug dealer. She also became a drug user. However, in Montreal she met a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who knew of her skill with disguises. She became an undercover agent who infiltrated Mafia families, the Chinese Triad, and a Sikh terrorist group. She helped in the capture of major drug traffickers around the world and the seizure of heroin, opium, and cocaine. Publisher summary modified

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