Legacy - Michael Gillard

Legacy

Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2021
Bloomsbury Reader (Verlag)
978-1-4482-1743-4 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
'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 Warlords

When 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.

Michael Gillard is an award-winning journalist formerly of The Sunday Times and the Guardian. He now writes across international publications and turns crime into scripts. A two-times winner of Investigation of The Year in the British Journalism awards, in 2013 Gillard was voted Journalist of the Year for his investigation of organised crime and the London 2012 Olympics.

Prologue: Going for Gold

Part One: Land of Dope and Gory
1. Children of the Docks
2. The Silvertown Strip
3. Billy Liar
4. The Aladdin’s Den

Part Two: The Long Fella
5. Snipers
6. Poofed Off
7. Cut
8. Blackjack

Part Three: Let the Games Begin
9. Judas Pigs
10. Estocada
11. Document
12. The Dementors

Part Four: Legacy
13. Promised Land
14. Hammer Time
15. TOWIE
16. Games

Epilogue: Truth Commission
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 8pp Colour Plate Section
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 286 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Weitere Fachgebiete Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-4482-1743-1 / 1448217431
ISBN-13 978-1-4482-1743-4 / 9781448217434
Zustand Neuware
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