Smack Express: How Organised Crime Got Hooked On Drugs

Description

Organised crime in Australia is a multi-billion-dollar business. Illegal drugs are its lifeblood; secrecy and extreme violence its hallmarks. Smack Express takes us into this hidden world and unravels the criminal connections that are at the heart of the Australian drug trade. It names godfathers and gang leaders, big-time traffickers and hired killers, informants, money launderers, politicians and corrupt police. It reveals how the Calabrian Mafia and other crime syndicates in Europe, Asia and the Americas have turned Australia into a nexus for international organised crime. Using a wealth of material, from personal interviews to police wire taps, the authors fit together the pieces of this frightening and fascinating puzzle.

Author description

Now retired, Clive Small was one of NSW's most successful detectives and an Assistant Commissioner of Police before becoming ICAC's chief investigator. Tom Gilling's acclaimed novels include The Sooterkin, Miles McGinty and Dreamland. He co-wrote The Bagman: Final Confessions of Jack Herbert.