Russ (pseudonym)
Former drug dealer and longtime confidential informant for Paul Oliveira who provides a retrospective first-person account of cooperating with police and the consequences of that relationship; interviewed under a pseudonym for safety.
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Apr 1, 2025 • 46min
EPISODE 5: “All this for nothing”
Andrew Ryan, Boston Globe reporter who analyzes documents and police records. Russ (pseudonym), former dealer turned long-time confidential informant who reflects on decades of cooperation. Carly Medeiros, former New Bedford resident who unknowingly became an informant. They recount secret informant relationships, questionable police practices, destroyed internal files, and the fallout for people caught in the system.
