ABOUT THE BOOK OF THE COKE DIPLOMAT

How does a coke guru become a diplomat on paper? How do you change identities faster than shoes? What is there for sale when money knows no boundaries? And does true friendship exist in the world of crime? Ali Koleilat takes you into the underworld, where power, money, and danger go hand in hand and nothing is what it seems.

ALI KOLEILAT, "The Coke Diplomat," tells his unfiltered life story. From a boy with a physical disability who had to beg in the streets of Beirut, to one of the most notorious top criminals of his time. During the chaos of the Lebanese Civil War, he flees to the Netherlands in search of safety and a new beginning. But what follows is no ordinary success story. Ali builds an empire on the dark side of society, where millions of people's lives turn into a feverish frenzy of drug trafficking, smuggling, and international deals. He moves in circles of the most powerful and dangerous people in the world, befriends dictator Charles Taylor, and meets the eccentric leader Muammar al-Qadhafi. But behind the facade of wealth and influence lurks another reality. In private life, passion and distrust clash. Love becomes a game of push and pull, where jealousy, power, and seduction are constantly on edge.

"The Coke Diplomat" is a raw and compelling portrait of a man who risks everything in his pursuit of power and recognition and ultimately pays the price.
 
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