Download or read book Gangland Crimes That Shocked Australia written by Ian Ferguson and published by Brolga Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the latest information about the murder of Des Moran, including Judy Moran's involvement, these are the gritty stories of Australia's crime world. A hive of secret activity the Australian gangland world is fraught with double-crossings, murders, theft, violence and fraud. Living by their own set of rules and regulations, which often involve crooked members of government and the police force, this is your chance to gain a real insight into how the minds and groups of these gangs really work.
Download or read book Crimes that Shocked Australia written by Ian Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of Murders that Shocked Australia comes another true crime anthology of shocking proportions. With enough gruesome tales to send shivers up your spine, join Ian Ferguson as he documents the most memorable moments in Australia's crime history. Gangland muders, kidnappings, hold-ups, mutilation and more, these crimes that occurred in our own backyard are hard to believe and not easy to forget. Covering a wide range of crimes and periods, from the bush ranger gangs to current day fugitives it is an eye-opening experience to relive these shocking crimes of Australia.
Download or read book Murders that Shocked Australia written by Ian Ferguson and published by Brolga Pub.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated for 2010, Murders that Shocked Australia is back with more spine-tingling tales of Australian crime.Featuring the most recent cases involving the Moran family and Carl Williams, never has Australia been so enthralled by the lives of murderers and their unfortunate victims.From the gold rush era and Ned Kelly, to the baffling Pyjama Girl case, this book explores the true-life cases that have gripped the Australian public for decades. Ian Ferguson looks at the crimes and minds of these devious characters as well as exploring the darker side of what it means to be Australian.
Download or read book Crimes and Murders That Shocked Australia written by Ian Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, the encyclopaedia that all true crime fans have been waiting for. Combining the gruesome tales from Crimes that Shocked Australia with the intriguing cases of Murders that Shocked Australia, comes this compelling true crime omnibus.Detailing the popular, the strange and the most memorable crimes and murders of Australia's history, Ian Ferguson presents the detailed facts about all the victims, criminals and prosecutors involved in some of world's most chilling cases.From the bushranger era to today's most wanted criminals, this collection features serial killers, massacres, kidnappings, cults and the widely publicised and intriguing gangland murders that are still on trial today. A must have for all true crime and Australian non-fiction fans.
Download or read book Crimes of Passion That Shocked Australia written by Ian Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say that love can blind but Crimes of Passion will make you look at love in a whole new light. From the historical days of the bushrangers to modern day criminals The Birnies and Kath Pettingill, love can make you do the strangest things. Murders, kidnappings, blackmail and deceit, there are no lengths that some criminals won't go to reach the ones they love. From passionate affairs between a prisoner and a guard, to bank-robbing husband and wife teams, this new book from Brolga Publishing and the ...that Shocked Australia series will have you amazed at how often crime takes place in the name of love.
Download or read book The Giant Book of Crimes that Shocked Australia written by Alan Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gangland Australia written by James Morton and published by Victory Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gangland Australia details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have made up the criminal and gangland scene in Australia for over two centuries. In this fully updated and bestselling book, Britain's top true crime author James Morton and barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez track the rise and fall of Australia's talented contract killers, brothel keepers, club owners, robbers, bikers, standover men, conmen and drug dealers, and also examine the role of police, politicians and lawyers who have helped and hindered the growth of criminal empires. Vivid and explosive, Gangland Australia is compulsive reading.
Download or read book Gangland Sydney written by James Morton and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gangland Sydney details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Sydney from the mid-1800s to the present day.In this compelling book, Britain's top true crime author James Morton and barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez track the rise and fall of Sydney's standover men, contract killers, robbers, brothel keepers, biker gangs and drug dealers, and also examine the role of police, politicians and lawyers who have helped and hindered the growth of these criminal empires.Vivid and explosive, Gangland Sydney is compulsive reading.
Download or read book Crimes that Shocked Australia written by Alan Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gangland Queensland written by James Morton and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gangland Queensland heads north of the border to tell exploits of a colourful pantheon of mobsters, shysters, club owners, drug dealers, Black Hand gangs, crooked police and bikers over 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 organised crime syndicates like Japan’s Yakuza, authors James Morton and Susanna Lobez examine the scale of Queensland’s crime scene in forensic and fascinating detail.
Download or read book Gangland Robbers written by James Morton and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robbers have always seen themselves as the cream of the underworld; the top of the criminal aristocracy in and out prison. This is the story of the men and women who go to great lengths to organise a heist which, if all goes well, should keep them in luxury for many years, if not for life. And if it fails then often it is another sort of life. From the Tunnel digging heist of the Bank of Australia robbery in 1828 to the Cash in Transit robberies of today, Morton and Lobez cover the stories of the robbers and robberies of the past 200 years; through the bushrangers; Squizzy Taylor and his crew; the train robbers of the 1930s; men such as Jockey Smith, 'Mad Dog' Cox, Chuckie Bennett and the ill-fated Victorian Bookie Robbery, Melbourne's Joey Turner, as well as the less well known 'Angel of Death', 'The Country Bandit', 'The Pushbike Bandit', 'The Gentleman Bandit' and a hundred more; the lives—their own and others—they ruined; those who went to the gallows and the very few who redeemed themselves.
Download or read book Gangland Sydney written by James Morton and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gangland Sydney details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Sydney from the mid-1800s to the present day.In this compelling book, Britain's top true crime author James Morton and barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez track the rise and fall of Sydney's standover men, contract killers, robbers, brothel keepers, biker gangs and drug dealers, and also examine the role of police, politicians and lawyers who have helped and hindered the growth of these criminal empires.Vivid and explosive, Gangland Sydney is compulsive reading.
Download or read book Judgment Day written by Ben Collins and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true-crime book with a difference, Judgment Day is a collection of criminal cases (predominantly murder) which offers an insider's perspective into how each case unfolds from the judge's perspective.
Download or read book Crimes that Shocked Australia written by Simon Bouda and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1991 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and compiled by an experienced crime reporter, this book contains brief studies of some eighty major Australian crimes. The information on each crime is supported by contemporary newspaper reports.
Download or read book Gangland Oz written by James Morton and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Devious, daring, cunning ... but ultimately too greedy, too cocky. Gangland Oz: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow exposes the country's pantheon of crooks and criminals since the first convicts stepped ashore and got to work. Ten years on from the original bestselling Gangland Australia, top true-crime writer James Morton and barrister and broadcaster Susanna Lobez conspire again to track the rise and fall of Australia's talented contract killers, brothel keepers, robbers, bikers, standover merchants, conmen and drug dealers. They examine the role of police, politicians and lawyers who have aided and busted criminal empires and look at the recent rise of youth gangs, cyber crime, identity theft and sexploitation scams. Vivid and explosive, Gangland Oz: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is compulsive reading."
Download or read book Palermo in the Pacific written by Andreas Schloenhardt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyses organised crime legislation in the Asia Pacific region. It examines offences criminalising the existence and operation of organised crime under domestic laws. The study also explores the adoption of the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
Download or read book Gangland Melbourne written by James Morton and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gangland Melbourne 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. In this compelling book, Britain's top true crime author James Morton and barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez track the rise and fall of Melbourne's standover men, contract killers, robbers, brothel keepers and drug dealers, and also examine the role the police have played in both helping and hindering the growth of these criminal empires. In particular, Melbourne's criminal past is explored through its famous villainous families, the Painters' and Dockers' union war of the 1970s and the more recent underworld gangland killings.Vivid and explosive, Gangland Melbourne is compulsive reading.
