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Item Details
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EMPIRE OF CRIME
ORGANISED CRIME IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE |
| By: |
Tim Newark |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£9.38 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780571526 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780571522 |
| Publisher: |
RANDOM HOUSE (DIGITAL) |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2011 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. This title tells the story of a global fight against organised crime. |
| Synopsis: |
Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Criminal producers in other countries exploited the prohibition and gang wars broke out across South-East Asia. It was the greatest gift the British Empire gave to organised crime.Empire of Crime introduces the reader to a whole new collection of heroes and villains, including pioneering narcotics investigator Russell Pasha, commandant of the Cairo police force; master criminal Du Yue-Sheng, drug lord of the Shanghai underworld; and tough North-West Frontier police chief Lieutenant-Colonel Roos-Keppel, nemesis of Afghan criminal gangs.Tim Newark weaves hidden reports, secret government files and personal letters together with first-hand accounts to tell the epic story of a global fight against organised crime. |
| Illustrations: |
1 x 8pp b/w |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Mainstream Digital |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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