Barry Oberholzer
Santa Monica, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Other
True Freedom
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Location:
Santa Monica
Industry:
Other
Year Founded:
2015
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (profitable)
Entity Type:
Not Incorporated
Description:
Barry Oberholzer’s secret life as a US government informant, infiltrating international organized crime syndicates and sanction-busting activity in Iran hit headlines in 2012. His memoir recounts his amazing testimony on how he gave his life to God and taking invalueble life lessons learned and mistakes he made in the past to practically adapt in your life. Less
Barry Oberholzer’s secret life as a confidential informant, infiltrating international organized crime syndicates and sanction-busting activity hit headlines in 2012. Oberholzer reported an array of vital information regarding narcotics, cigarettes and other smuggling activity to intelligence agencies; it was information that could, at any moment, have cost him his life.
In True Freedom. The Astonishing Story of a Former Intelligence Operative. How his Test Became his Testimony, he tells of how he infiltrated international organized crime syndicates and sanction-busting activity. For years, he led a fast-paced double life as an informant for U.S. and other international intelligence agencies; informing on the role of key players including major corporations, crime syndicates, politicians and government officials in high-value international smuggling operations. Along the way he witnessed hypocrisy, controversy, lies, deception and now, like many before him, he’s been burned and spat out by a system wherein he had outlived his usefulness.
Now, after being detained as a prisoner in South Africa, awaiting trial in squalid, inhumane conditions and having found salvation in God; he is ready to give a no holds barred account of what it is like to live the life of a high-level, confidential informant – one who’s gone from esteemed ‘golden boy’ to prisoner awaiting trial. It’s testimony that will move even the most cold-hearted.