In September of 2009, crime boss Paul Le Roux summoned an operative for a face-to-face meeting, forcing him to make an 18-hour trip through four airports before landing in Hong Kong, arriving exhausted and dehydrated.
The operative — codenamed “Jack” — met LeRoux at a hotel restaurant, where a huge breakfast buffet was waiting. Even so, Le Roux “wasn't about to spend 30 dollars on food for an underling,” Jack recalls.
After discussing his plots, Le Roux sent Jack directly back to the airport, lightheaded with hunger and without so much as a shower, to return to Somalia that night.
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