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Sam Choksey was a Turkish crewman on the Atlantic Light, and a member of Frank Sobotka's smuggling operation for the Greeks.

Biography

Season 2

He was involved in human trafficking with The Greeks. While transporting a container of sex-trade "merchandise", Sam pimps the women out to his colleagues. When one girl refuses to cooperate, Sam beats her to death. He panics and hammers closed the air pipe on the container, leaving the rest of the girls to suffocate. Sam flees the ship in Philadelphia, but is caught by the Greek's enforcer Sergei Malatov. He is interrogated by The Greek himself and then murdered by Spiros Vondopoulos.

Post-Death

Lester Freamon identifies his headless and handless corpse via his tattoos, and Malatov is later charged with the murder.

Murders committed by Sam

Production

Appearances

Season 2
"Ebb Tide" "Collateral Damage" "Hot Shots" "Hard Cases" "Undertow"
"All Prologue" "Backwash" "Duck and Cover" "Stray Rounds" "Storm Warnings"
"Bad Dreams" "Port in a Storm"