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Author Wilson, David, 1950-

Title Big shots : a who's who in Australian crime / David Wilson and Lindsay Murdoch ; edited by Bob Bottom
Published South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1985

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Description 152 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm
Contents 1. The cocaine coast : The drug for the adventurous rich -- 2. Bruce Richard Cornwall : Big fish who got away -- 3. Barry Richard Bull : Learning the drug trade -- 4. Terrence John Clark : The heroin king -- 5. Robert Trimbole : Crime czar extrondinaire -- 6. Ian Revell Carrol : The pug who grapped the big purses -- 7. SP Bookmaking : "The $1000 million industry" -- 8. Crime cartel : Blue collar crime at home -- 9. Yhe Manilla connection : Australia's criminals new workplace -- 10. Arms dealing : Blue collar crime abroad -- 11. Ramon Sala : Crook who came and went -- 12. Abraham Gilbert Saffron : Pursuing citizen Abe -- 13. Stuart John Perry : The crook who came, stayed, and was forced out -- 14. Francis Xavier Costigan : Exposing organised crime -- 15. Justice Donald Stewart : the battle starts here -- 16. A shaky start : Teething problems for the NCA -- 17. Postscript -- Appendix 1 : Phone taps reveal crime web -- Appendix 2 : Trimbole's line to the top
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes index
Subject Criminals -- Australia -- Biography.
Crime -- Australia -- Biography.
Crime -- Australia.
Criminals -- Australia.
Organized crime -- Australia -- Case studies.
Organized crime -- Australia.
Racketeering -- Australia -- Case studies.
Racketeering -- Australia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Case studies.
Author Bottom, Bob.
Murdoch, Lindsay, 1954-
LC no. 85209737
ISBN 0725104902