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Legacy : gangsters, corruption and the London Olympics

Title: Legacy : gangsters, corruption and the London Olympics / by Michael Gillard.
Author: Gillard, Michael
Publication: London : Bloomsbury Reader, 2019.

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Description

xiii, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm

Summary

"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. 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 the Long Fella and his friends on trial exposing London's real Olympic legacy."--

Subjects

Olympics > Social aspects
Gangs
Violence
Olympics > Corrupt practices
Olympics > Social aspects > England > London
Olympic Games
Gangs > England > London
England > London
Violence > England > London
Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England)
Olympics > Corrupt practices > England > London

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Land of dope and gory -- The long fella -- Let the games begin -- Legacy.

Call Number

JFD 20-1445

ISBN

1448217415
9781448217410

OCLC

1079845733

Author

Gillard, Michael, author.

Title

Legacy : gangsters, corruption and the London Olympics / by Michael Gillard.

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury Reader, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Ebook version : 9781448217427

Research Call Number

JFD 20-1445

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