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Title: Legacy
Condition: New
EAN: 9781448217434
ISBN: 9781448217434
Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 18/02/2021
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Weight: 286g
Author: Michael Gillard
Language: English
Subtitle: Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics
ISBN-10: 1448217431
Description: 'Reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of' John Pearson, Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins'Gillard's detailed investigation makes for a stunning and shocking read' Barry Keeffe, The Long Good Friday'Legacy illustrates the sordid links between business, politics and organised crime' Ioan Grillo, El Narco and Gangster WarlordsWhen 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. Protecting the Olympic legacy by covering up a scandal of suspicious deaths and corruption seemed more important than protecting Londoners from the predatory Long Fella and his friends in suits. For others at Scotland Yard, the crime lord was simply too big and too dangerous to take on.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 a spotlight on the Long Fella and his friends and exposed London’s real Olympic legacy.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Topic: Biography, Society & Culture, Social Sciences
Release Year: 2021

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