DEA officials in Washington denied the claim a few days later, pointing out that the Nicaraguan was a local fixer.

Many hotels and shops drum up extra business by paying commission to local fixers who bring tourists through the doors.

Arranged car hire, local fixer, hotels etc in Tripoli.

Someone here did it recently, how did you get a local fixer?

At African airports I had often encountered a knot of local fixers holding passports aloft and shouting for the attention of a single, sullen-faced immigration officer.

Unlike in Africa, not one of the arriving foreign passengers was met by a local fixer or an expediter at plane-side.

Arranged car hire, local fixer,.

Instead, they opted to be flown from Malta into Libya at night by Chinook helicopter in order to meet local "fixers" who would help them get to the meeting.

It has the names of all the local fixers--men like Kerringer--and just about takes care of the crooked mechanics who handle the garage work.

Everyone talked excitedly, exchanging the names of lawyers and local fixers, along with the latest political rumors.