Dangerous To Know

Dangerous To Know

Author: James Morton

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 0522859445

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From the bestselling authors of Gangland Australia comes Dangerous to Know, an A to Z of Australasian crimes, criminals and their victims. James Morton and Susanna Lobez have trawled through written records to compile this snappy yet comprehensive account of the bad, mad and plain notorious. All the names are here, from Ronald Ryan (the last man hanged in Australia), to the Carlton Crew. An unmissable book, in one handy volume, for anyone who wants to know all there is to know about Australia's dark underbelly.


Counterfeit Goods and Organised Crime

Counterfeit Goods and Organised Crime

Author: Michael Blakeney

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1035318733

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Counterfeit Goods and Organised Crime is an in-depth inquiry into the fake goods trade and the involvement of organised crime groups. In this seminal work, Michael Blakeney comprehensively analyses the impact of counterfeiting on the principal industries affected by it. It looks at international, national and regional counterfeit legislation, organised crime groups and counterfeiting customs control.


Dangerous to Know Updated Edition

Dangerous to Know Updated Edition

Author: James Morton

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0522869696

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Dangerous to Know documents murders known and not so well known, conmen and their victims, street gangs of the early twentieth century, crime lords of the 1920s, dock wars of the 1970s, bikers, sex offenders, and the drug gangs of today as well as the wrongly accused and wrongly convicted. They're all here, as well as some of the police, lawyers and judges who have tried to deal with them.


Smack Express

Smack Express

Author: Clive Small

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1741769426

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Organised crime in Australia doesn't just exist on our television screens. The real world of serious crime operates every day and in every state of the country. It is a multi-billion dollar business and at its core are the drug trade and a world of secrecy and self-protection where intimidation and violence are used as the first and only resort. Smack Express takes us deep into this world and unravels the web of criminal connections that are at the heart of the Australian underworld. It is about stand over merchants, big time drug dealers and small time crims, politicians, corrupt police, i.