Gangland Oz : yesterday, today and tomorrow / James Morton and Susanna Lobez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, James, author.

Lobez, Susanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organized crime--Australia.

Organized crime.

Gangs--Australia--History.

Gangs.

Thieves--Australia.

Thieves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victorias : Victory Books, 2017.

Summary:

Devious, daring, cunning … but ultimately too greedy, too cocky. Gangland Oz: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow exposes the country's pantheon of crooks and criminals since the first convicts stepped ashore and got to work.Ten years on from the original bestselling Gangland Australia, top true-crime writer James Morton and barrister and broadcaster Susanna Lobez conspire again to track the rise and fall of Australia's talented contract killers, brothel keepers, robbers, bikers, standover merchants, conmen and drug dealers. They examine the role of police, politicians and lawyers who have aided and busted criminal empires and look at the recent rise of youth gangs, cyber crime, identity theft and sexploitation scams.Vivid and explosive, Gangland Oz: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is compulsive reading.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1 Some Early Robbers

2 The Roaring Twenties

3 Oversexed, Overpaid and Over Here

4 Didn't We Have Such Fun

5 Feeding the Habit

6 Mafia Moments

7 The Frail Blue Line

8 When Thieves Fall Out

9 Starting Young

10 From the Shores of Tripoli

11 Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make

12 Way Out West

13 Wheeler Dealers

14 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Notes

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index

Picture Section.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522868647

0522868649

OCLC:

1088325995