Drug Traffic: Narcotics And Organized Crime In Australia
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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Beneath the sun-drenched surface of Australia's prosperous cities, a shadow economy of staggering proportions was quietly taking hold — and Drug Traffic: Narcotics and Organized Crime in Australia tears it into the open with forensic precision. Alfred W. McCoy, one of the world's foremost authorities on the global narcotics trade, chronicles the rise of organised crime syndicates within Australia, mapping the intricate networks of corruption, political complicity, and criminal enterprise that allowed the heroin trade to flourish largely unchecked from the 1970s onward. Drawing on exhaustive investigative research, court records, and interviews, McCoy presents a damning portrait of how law enforcement, politicians, and underworld figures became dangerously intertwined in a nation that preferred to look away. McCoy's signature style — rigorous, unflinching, and meticulously sourced — transforms what could be dry criminology into a gripping narrative of power and moral failure. As he did with his landmark work The Politics of Heroin, he argues here that drug trafficking is never merely a criminal problem but a systemic one, implicating the highest levels of society. Drug Traffic stands as a landmark work of Australian investigative journalism and a sobering reminder that the structures enabling the narcotics trade are often hiding in plain sight — leaving the reader to wonder just how much has truly changed.
Author: Alfred W. Mccoy
Format: Paperback
Genre: True crime
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Beneath the sun-drenched surface of Australia's prosperous cities, a shadow economy of staggering proportions was quietly taking hold — and Drug Traffic: Narcotics and Organized Crime in Australia tears it into the open with forensic precision. Alfred W. McCoy, one of the world's foremost authorities on the global narcotics trade, chronicles the rise of organised crime syndicates within Australia, mapping the intricate networks of corruption, political complicity, and criminal enterprise that allowed the heroin trade to flourish largely unchecked from the 1970s onward. Drawing on exhaustive investigative research, court records, and interviews, McCoy presents a damning portrait of how law enforcement, politicians, and underworld figures became dangerously intertwined in a nation that preferred to look away. McCoy's signature style — rigorous, unflinching, and meticulously sourced — transforms what could be dry criminology into a gripping narrative of power and moral failure. As he did with his landmark work The Politics of Heroin, he argues here that drug trafficking is never merely a criminal problem but a systemic one, implicating the highest levels of society. Drug Traffic stands as a landmark work of Australian investigative journalism and a sobering reminder that the structures enabling the narcotics trade are often hiding in plain sight — leaving the reader to wonder just how much has truly changed.