Organized Crime

BIC code: JBVF
See also: True Crime

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  • Cover scan of Bonded By Blood
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    Bonded By Blood: Murder And Intrigue In The Essex Ganglands - Bernard O'Mahoney - Paperback
    Blood-soaked corpses and the faces of three teenagers poisoned by Ecstasy are the images that flash through Bernard O'Mahoney's mind when he closes his eyes and recalls his past. In this book, he presents the scene of the murders and relives the bloody encounters that marked his time as a gang member.
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    Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through The Yardie Underworld - Laurie Gunst - Paperback
    Gunst's provocative expose of the Jamaican politicians' role in creating this problem is also a moving and compelling tale of suffering and exploitation.
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    Crimelord: The Licensee - David Leslie - Paperback
    Caught up in Glasgow's notorious 'ice cream wars' of the early 1980s, Tam McGraw was the leader of the Barlanark Team, a gang of robbers who caused havoc in central Scotland over a period of some 15 years. Told through friends, fellow crooks and occasional rivals, this is a true gangster story.
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    Football And Gangsters: How Organised Crime Controls The Beautiful Game - Graham Johnson - Paperback
    Investigating the sinister underbelly of modern soccer, this book exposes the new phenomenon of 'taxing' - a protection racket in which villains force Premiership stars and agents to hand over cash under threat of injury and death. It also reveals the stories of some of the stars, fallen foul of the game's godfathers.
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    Framed: Tales Of The Art Underworld - Tod M. Volpe - Hardback
    Tod Volpe went from a start-up gallery in New York's Soho into the houses, lives and wallets of Hollywood stars. Appearing to live the American dream, his 'high' lifestyle became a path to self-destruction when he was involved in a case of art fraud.
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    Old Bones And Shallow Graves: The Untold Story Of The Irish-American Gangster - T. J. English - Paperback
    Here is the shocking saga of the Irish-American mob, from the mid-19th century all the way to the present day. History shows that the heritage of the Irish-American gangster was established in America long before that of the more widely portrayed Italian American Mafioso and had held strong through the modern age.
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    Tarmac Warrior: The Violent World Of Extreme Fighting - Billy Cribb - Paperback
    'Tarmac Warrior' is the story of Billy Cribb, one of the greatest bare-knuckle fighters. Born into a Romani/Jewish family, his early years were marred by racism and bigotry. The anger born of this treatment manifested itself on the circuit.
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    Urban Smuggler - Andrew Pritchard - Paperback
    'Urban Smuggler' chronicles the rollicking life story of one of the most prolific smugglers of our time. Andrew Pritchard reveals just how easy it can be to import shiploads of contraband into the UK and exposes the corruption within the law-enforcement agencies tasked to tackle this kind of crime.
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    Wild Thing: The True Story Of Britain's Rightful Guv'nor - Lew Yates; Bernard O'Mahoney - Paperback
    'Wild Thing' documents how Lew Yates rose to the top of the unlicensed boxing profession amid extremely turbulent circumstances in his personal life, which included raising his three children alone while also associating with gangsters and drug dealers.
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    Wild Thing: The True Story Of Britain's Rightful Guv'nor - Lew Yates; Bernard O'Mahoney - Paperback
    'Wild Thing' documents how Lew Yates rose to the top of the unlicensed boxing profession amid extremely turbulent circumstances in his personal life, which included raising his three children alone while also associating with gangsters and drug dealers.