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

The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade / by Clive Small and Tom Gilling.
dark side :
Set in 16 point Verdana. 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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L363.45/SMA
Adult Non-Fiction   Port Macquarie . Available .  
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Record Number 575490
ISBN 9781525252563
Author Small, Clive
Title The dark side : the explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade / by Clive Small and Tom Gilling.
Edition Large print edition.
Publication details Strawberry Hills, NSW : ReadHowYouWant, 2017.
Pagination etc. vii, 405 pages (large print) : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Read How You Want
Contents note Set in 16 point Verdana.
Summary Note 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.
Subject Drug control -- Australia
Drug abuse and crime -- Australia
Organized crime -- Australia
Police corruption -- Australia
Drug traffic -- Australia
Added Entry Gilling, Tom
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