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016	7		_a013767743 _2Uk
020			_a9781843404026 (hbk.)
020			_a1843404028 (hbk.)
020			_a9781843404026 (hbk.) : _c£20.00
020			_a1843404028 (hbk.) : _c£20.00
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn144596671
035			_a(OCoLC)144596671
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082	0	4	_a364.10603 _222
100	1		_aNewton, Michael, _d1951-
245	1	0	_aGangsters encyclopedia : _bthe world's most notorious mobs, gangs and villains / _cMichael Newton.
260			_aLondon : _bCollins & Brown, _c2007.
263			_a200709
300			_ap. cm.
520			_aThe world of gangsters is big business and stretches way beyond the Sicilian Mafia who have been most often depicted on the silver screen in films such as the Godfather trilogy and Scarface . The book is arranged in chapters geographically showing the history of organized crime in different territories around the world, the legendary figures, the famous heists and busts and the power these organizations still exert today. As many of the crime syndicates are interlinked in their day-to-day dealings, or have origins in other organizations, the book is fully cross-referenced to help the reader. The chapters include: The Sicilian Mafia and its development in coast-to-coast; America under the guidance of the likes of AI Capone and 'Bugsy' Siegel; the gangsters of Marseilles and Paris; the Russian and other Eastern Bloc Mafia; the Triads of Asia; The Jamaican Yardies; the African/American crimelords that control the poorer areas of Los Angeles and New York; and the legendary London gangsters, typified by the Kray twins' stranglehold on London during the 1960s.
650		0	_aOrganized crime _vEncyclopedias.
650		0	_aGangsters _vEncyclopedias.
942			_2ddc _cNONFIC
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