Empire of Crime

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<p>Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Criminal producers in other countries exploited the prohibition and gang wars broke out across South-East Asia. It was the greatest gift the British Empire gave to organised crime.</p><p><i>Empire of Crime</i>introduces the reader to a whole new collection of heroes and villains, including pioneering narcotics investigator Russell Pasha, commandant of the Cairo police force; master criminal Du Yue-Sheng, drug lord of the Shanghai underworld; and tough North-West Frontier police chief Lieutenant-Colonel Roos-Keppel, nemesis of Afghan criminal gangs.</p><p>Tim Newark weaves hidden reports, secret government files and personal letters together with first-hand accounts to tell the epic story of a global fight against organised crime.</p>

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Tim Newark is the author of the critically acclaimed<i>Lucky Luciano</i>:<i>Mafia</i><i>Murderer</i>and<i>Secret Agent</i>and<i>The Mafia at War.</i>For 17 years editor of<i>Military Illustrated</i>, he is also the author of numerous military history volumes, including<i>Highlander.</i>He has worked as a TV scriptwriter and historical consultant, resulting in seven TV documentary series for BBC Worldwide and the History Channel, including the thirteen-part TV series<i>Hitlers Bodyguard</i>. He contributes book reviews to the<i>Financial Times</i>.

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