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Tony Attanasio

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NYC, The United States

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Crime, Mystery, Romance

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Tony is a former U.S. Marine and a retired NYPD Detective Sergeant who subsequently served ten years with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. He served in Miami, New York, and while attached to the American Embassy in Miami and Rome, Italy, he served as DEA's CIA liaison and liaised with various intelligence agencies from Europe and the Middle East. Tony has been declared an expert in International drug trafficking and organized crime by the N.Y. State Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court in Miami and the German (Bavaria) Supreme Court.
Tony has a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice (Core concentration - counter terrorism strategies). In 1991, Tony attended the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Tony has served as an Adjunct Tony is a former U.S. Marine and a retired NYPD Detective Sergeant who subsequently served ten years with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. He served in Miami, New York, and while attached to the American Embassy in Miami and Rome, Italy, he served as DEA's CIA liaison and liaised with various intelligence agencies from Europe and the Middle East. Tony has been declared an expert in International drug trafficking and organized crime by the N.Y. State Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court in Miami and the German (Bavaria) Supreme Court.
Tony has a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice (Core concentration - counter terrorism strategies). In 1991, Tony attended the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Tony has served as an Adjunct professor at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, where he taught an undergraduate course in the discipline of terrorism. Currently, Tony is teaching at Palm Beach State College. The college is located in Lake Worth, Florida, where he teaches courses in Forensic Accounting, Organized Crime Investigations, Arabic/Muslim Culture, The Psychology of a Suicide Bomber, and a course that focuses on terrorist investigations and intelligence collection techniques. In 2004, the student body voted him adjunct professor of the year. In addition, Tony is a certified Florida Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Instructor and has taught at the Connecticut State Police Academy in Meriden, Connecticut.
His first book, written with Howard Hellman, THE ORCHID MEMORANDUM, published in 2004, has received a five-star rating from readers. This book focuses on the relationships between Jihadists and various organized crime groups. His second book, KENNY O–AN UNTOLD STORY FROM THE ANNALS OF NYPD was published in August of 2012 and has already received five star reviews…In November of 2012 –Tony published A SILENT STAR which has also receive five star reviews and national acclaim. Shortly afterwards, Tony published an updated version of the ORCHID MEMORANDUM, entitled: THE IRANIAN CONNECTION-CODE WORD ORCHID. This book also received five star evaluations from readers. All three books and ANCIENT LOYALTIES will be available in hardcopy, KINDLE, and audio in July of 2017.
Tony also served as the organized crime advisor, to Mr. Robert De Niro relative to his film RONAN.
He has received numerous awards in the field of law enforcement and government, including seventeen awards for valor from NYPD, three awards from DEA for exceptional duty, an award from the BKA (Germany), and an award from the Republic of Italy. In 1998, Tony received a commendation from the Governor of the Marianna Islands for the training of his investigators in the discipline of forensic accounting investigations. In 2004, Tony received the state of Florida's prestigious "Davis Award."

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A SILENT STAR

Well, folks in case you haven't read this five star rated book, it will be free on Amazon KINDLE from May 26th to the 30th..
Exciting book about a young Sephardic Jewish girl who joins the CIA I worked with her in 1997, but this story takes place a few years later..

Also FYI....my newest (and already receiving five star reviews) ANCIENT LOYALTIES... is an exciting adventure, love story and has rece Read more of this blog post »

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	Kenny O: An Untold Story from the Annals of NYPD 4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Silent Star 4.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Loyalties 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iranian Connection: Code Word Orchid it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE ORCHID MEMORANDUM by Tony Attanasio (Goodreads Author), Howard D. Hellman 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Silent Star by Tony Attanasio (2012-10-20) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Well, took awhile but ANCIENT LOYALTIES is now published.. Available in paperback, KINDLE ND AUDIBLE.....This book couples adventure with Romance....My prior books achieved 5 star evaluations, This book will do likewise... Guarantee to be exciting and heart warming..”
― Tony Attanasio, Ancient Loyalties

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Jan 26, 2013 06:19AM

IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM A READER... I OFTEN WRITE IN CAPS DUE TO A DEPTH PERCEPTION ISSUE THAT I SUSTAINED IN THE LINE OF DUTY...COMPUTER SCREENS ( NO MATTER WHAT I DO) ARE MUCH TO BRIGHT AND CAUSE ME TO TEAR..WITH THAT SAID YES, IN JUNE OF 2013 "THE IRANIAN CONNECTION -CODE WORD ORCHID WILL BE PUBLISHED..CURRENTLY RESEARCHING AND WRITING A TEXTBOOK "THE SILENT CRESCENT" - FOCUS IS ON WOMEN IN ISLAM"...A CHILDREN'S BOOK "CHRIS CROSS AND THE ADVENTURES OF ZOEY THE TALKING DOG" AND A NOVEL RELATIVE TO THE MAFIA IN SICILY AND AN AMERICAN MARINE WHO ENCOUNTERS THEIR WRATH WHILE VISTING RELATIVES IN SICILY "ANCIENT LOYALTIES" THANK YOU

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