Legacy : gangsters, corruption and the London Olympics / by Michael Gillard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillard, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olympic Games--(30th : 2012 : London, England).

Olympic Games.

Olympics--Social aspects--England--London.

Olympics.

Olympics--Corrupt practices--England--London.

Violence--England--London.

Violence.

Gangs--England--London.

Gangs.

Olympics--Corrupt practices.

Olympics--Social aspects.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xiii, 370 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Reader, 2019.

Summary:

"When billions poured into the neglected east London borough hosting the 2012 Olympics, a turf war broke out between crime families for control of a now valuable strip of land. Using violence, guile and corruption, one gangster, the Long Fella, emerged as a true untouchable. A team of local detectives made it their business to take him on until Scotland Yard threw them under the bus and the business of putting on "the greatest show on earth" won the day. Award-winning journalist Michael Gillard took up where they left off to expose the tangled web of chief executives, big banks, politicians and dirty money where innocent lives are destroyed and the guilty flourish. Gillard's efforts culminated in a landmark court case, which finally put the Long Fella and his friends on trial exposing London's real Olympic legacy."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Land of dope and gory

The long fella

Let the games begin

Legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

1448217415

9781448217410

OCLC:

1079845733