Revealed in these pages are the heists, the double crossings, the shoot-outs and the betrayals that accompanied Freddie Foreman's life as a career criminal when the streets were controlled by fear.
To Britain's criminal underworld, Freddie Foreman is the Godfather. Held responsible for the gangland killings of Ginger Marks and Frank?The Mad Axeman' Mitchell, he was the punisher to those who broke the underworld's strict code of conduct. Foreman's dramatic kidnap and arrest…
The life, crimes and bloody end of John 'Goldfinger' Palmer were straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster and Marnie Palmer, his wife of forty years, had a front row seat. The poor Solihull lad, whose childhood home was so cold the goldfish froze, fought his way up to a lifestyle…
An in-depth sociological, historical, and personal analysis of the concept and reality of organized crime in the UK. With interviews from thieves, dealers, and criminal entrepreneurs the book explores the flexible nature of the criminal market the constructed nature of the notio…
An in-depth sociological, historical, and personal analysis of the concept and reality of organized crime in the UK. With interviews from thieves, dealers, and criminal entrepreneurs the book explores the flexible nature of the criminal market the constructed nature of the notio…
An in-depth sociological, historical, and personal analysis of the concept and reality of organized crime in the UK. With interviews from thieves, dealers, and criminal entrepreneurs the book explores the flexible nature of the criminal market the constructed nature of the notio…
Lush Life: Constructing Organized Crime in the UK opens 'the box marked do not open, too difficult to deal with', in the words of one Assistant Chief Constable, to explore the contested notion of British organized crime. The first book to trace the history and policing of Britis…
An in-depth sociological, historical, and personal analysis of the concept and reality of organized crime in the UK. With interviews from thieves, dealers, and criminal entrepreneurs, the book explores the flexible nature of the criminal market, the constructed nature of the not…
An in-depth sociological, historical, and personal analysis of the concept and reality of organized crime in the UK. With interviews from thieves, dealers, and criminal entrepreneurs the book explores the flexible nature of the criminal market the constructed nature of the notio…