Gangland: New Zealands Underworld of Organised Crime (NZ Author/Topic) (Large Print)

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New Zealands underworld of organised crime and deadly gangs The best true-crime book of the year by a long stretch. - Steve Braunias, Newsroom A series of rip-snorting yarns about gangs, drugs, fancy cars, wads of cash, violence, and guns - Aotearoa New Zealand style. - Simon Bridges New Zealand is now one of the most lucrative illicit drug markets in the world. Organised crime is about making money. Its a business. But over the past 20 years, the dealers have graduated from motorcycle gangs to Asian crime syndicates and now the most dangerous drug lords in the world - the Mexican cartels. In Gangland, award-winning investigative reporter Jared Savage shines a light into New Zealands rising underworld of organised crime and violent gangs. The brutal execution of a husband-and-wife; the undercover cop who infiltrated a casino VIP lounge; the midnight fishing trip which led to the countrys biggest cocaine bust; the gangster who shot his best friend in a motorcycle shop: these stories go behind the headlines and open the door to an invisible world - a world where millions of dollars are made, life is cheap, and allegiances change like the flick of a switch.