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The Resource The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade, Clive Small & Tom Gilling

The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade, Clive Small & Tom Gilling

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  • A fierce and compelling exposé of organised crime and the role of a senior law enforcement officer in Australia's multi-billion dollar drug trade
  • 'Each year at least $10 billion is laundered in and through Australia. Much of this money is derived from illicit drugs.' Hooked on the limitless profits of the drug trade, organised crime has grown so powerful that it now poses a major threat to Australia's national security. Clive Small and Tom Gilling show how Australian crime gangs, in partnership with violent international syndicates, have exploited lax law enforcement and corruption on the nation's waterfront to import narcotics on a vast scale from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. The authors reveal for the first time the corrupt history of Mark Standen, the senior investigator at the New South Wales Crime Commission whose conviction on drug importation charges sparked Australia's biggest law-enforcement crisis since the Wood royal commission. In the process they expose the cover-ups, strategic blunders and missed opportunities that continue to make Australia a soft target for international drug traffickers. The Dark Side is a fierce and compelling exposé of organised crime in Australia and Australia's multi-billion-dollar drug trade
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eng
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xii, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
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Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ian Saxon syndicate
  • 2. Benny's Bar
  • 3. Bateman and Bateman
  • 4. The big league
  • 5. The dreams of Frankie Ballis
  • 6. Painters, dockers and dealers
  • 7. Vasso Ulic and the Balkan network
  • 8. Blood relations
  • 9. Gunner for hire
  • 10. Little Jimmy Kinch
  • 11. Mark Standen : a man on the make
  • 12. Family friends
  • 13. The game
  • 14. Follow the money
  • 15. Business partners
  • 16. ?Hello sweetheart'
  • 17. Radoslav ?Ray' Spadina and Adam Watt
  • 18. The Dutch syndicates
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9781743311523
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The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade
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The dark side
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the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade
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Clive Small & Tom Gilling
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Language
eng
Summary
  • A fierce and compelling exposé of organised crime and the role of a senior law enforcement officer in Australia's multi-billion dollar drug trade
  • 'Each year at least $10 billion is laundered in and through Australia. Much of this money is derived from illicit drugs.' Hooked on the limitless profits of the drug trade, organised crime has grown so powerful that it now poses a major threat to Australia's national security. Clive Small and Tom Gilling show how Australian crime gangs, in partnership with violent international syndicates, have exploited lax law enforcement and corruption on the nation's waterfront to import narcotics on a vast scale from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. The authors reveal for the first time the corrupt history of Mark Standen, the senior investigator at the New South Wales Crime Commission whose conviction on drug importation charges sparked Australia's biggest law-enforcement crisis since the Wood royal commission. In the process they expose the cover-ups, strategic blunders and missed opportunities that continue to make Australia a soft target for international drug traffickers. The Dark Side is a fierce and compelling exposé of organised crime in Australia and Australia's multi-billion-dollar drug trade
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Clive Small is a former detective and Assistant Commissioner of the NSW Police. His investigations included the murder of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay, the Nugan Hand bank, the shooting of police officer Michael Drury, the murder of Cabramatta MP John Newman, and the backpacker murders which led to Ivan Milat being convicted. Tom Gilling's acclaimed novels, The Sooterkin, Miles McGinty and Dreamland have all been published in Australia, as well as in London and New York. His is also co-author of The Bagman: Final confessions of Jack Herbert. Clive and Tom Gilling are the authors of the highly successful Smack Express, Blood Money, and Betrayed.
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Small, Clive
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363.45
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  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
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index present
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non fiction
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Gilling, Tom
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  • Drug traffic
  • Drug control
  • Organised crime
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The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade, Clive Small & Tom Gilling
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index
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Contents
Introduction -- 1. Ian Saxon syndicate -- 2. Benny's Bar -- 3. Bateman and Bateman -- 4. The big league -- 5. The dreams of Frankie Ballis -- 6. Painters, dockers and dealers -- 7. Vasso Ulic and the Balkan network -- 8. Blood relations -- 9. Gunner for hire -- 10. Little Jimmy Kinch -- 11. Mark Standen : a man on the make -- 12. Family friends -- 13. The game -- 14. Follow the money -- 15. Business partners -- 16. ?Hello sweetheart' -- 17. Radoslav ?Ray' Spadina and Adam Watt -- 18. The Dutch syndicates
Control code
000060321140
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xii, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781743311523
Isbn Type
(paperback)
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
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(OCoLC)982777591
Label
The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade, Clive Small & Tom Gilling
Publication
Copyright
Note
Record machine-generated from publisher information
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-276) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Ian Saxon syndicate -- 2. Benny's Bar -- 3. Bateman and Bateman -- 4. The big league -- 5. The dreams of Frankie Ballis -- 6. Painters, dockers and dealers -- 7. Vasso Ulic and the Balkan network -- 8. Blood relations -- 9. Gunner for hire -- 10. Little Jimmy Kinch -- 11. Mark Standen : a man on the make -- 12. Family friends -- 13. The game -- 14. Follow the money -- 15. Business partners -- 16. ?Hello sweetheart' -- 17. Radoslav ?Ray' Spadina and Adam Watt -- 18. The Dutch syndicates
Control code
000060321140
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xii, 285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781743311523
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)982777591

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