A comprehensive investigation of organized crime in Australia, this study discusses the entire history of crime on the continent--from the forgeries and robberies of early convicts to the recent gangland slayings in Melbourne. Famous faces of Australian crime, such as Squizzy Taylor and Sydney's East Coast Milieu, along with the con men, robbers, drug dealers, and hoodlums are featured. An examination of the role police officers, lawyers, and politicians have played and their attempts to curb criminal activities, is also included.

Detailed and objective, this reference documents Australia and New Zealand's criminal activity from early colonial times through the present day. Based on newspaper accounts and court records, this comprehensive guide outlines in alphabetical order every crime and criminal in the region's recorded history. Topics include murders, cons, gang violence, drug deals, sex offenses, dock wars, and many more. The victims, police, lawyers, and judges involved in these crimes are also showcased, making this a must for crime fanatics.

Details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Melbourne from the late 1800s to the present day.

A comprehensive investigation of organized crime in Queensland, Australia, this study heads north of the border to tell the exploits of a colorful pantheon of mobsters, shysters, club owners, drug dealers, Black Hand gangs, crooked police, and bikers throughout the last century. Beginning with the drug and sex trades of the early 1900s--and including the infamous fire at the Whiskey Au Go Go club, the explosive revelations of The Fitzgerald Inquiry, and organized crime syndicates such as Japan's Yakuza--this account discusses these topics in forensic and fascinating detail.

Legal proceedings against a former police officer have forced parts of this book to be redacted. Bent law officers exist in every era, sabotaging the work of their colleagues and putting the community at risk. James Morton and Susanna Lobez have illustrated, in several Gangland books, that Australia almost certainly has out-ganged other countries. Now their spotlight is turned on corruption within the police services and identifying which state wins the bent cop handicap. The authors examine the problems that started with the First Fleet and spread through to the present day, looking at the...