GANGS OF BRITAIN The Gripping True Stories of the Faces Who Run Britain's Organised Crime

Softcover. Today's gangsters are streets apart from the old-style gang lords of the Fifties and Sixties. The godfathers of old were seen by many as a stabilising influences. Their power inspired respect and they well and truly kept the underworld in check. The 21st century gangs of Britain are far more shady. Their brutality has spread far and wide and they live and thrive in our midst, on the streets and in suburbs where ordinary folk live. The creeping tentacles of crime have never stretched further. Organised crime is now worth more than £10 billion in Britain every year. The old crimes of prostitution and extortion are being dropped in favour of multi-million pound drug deals, bringing gangsters more money and power than they've ever known. It is a cut-throat industry that is conducted in the shadows and driven solely by profit. The author has many of Britain's richest and most powerful gangs. In this gripping account, the author provides an extraordinary insight into these feared Guv'nors and takes us on a journey into the dark and glamorous underworld that seems to prove that, for many gangs, crime really does pay. Illus. 256pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.