Young Blood - The Inside Story of How Street Gangs Hijacked Britain s Biggest

The young bloods did not care whether they killed criminals or civilians . . .' The Cartel is Britain's biggest drugs gang, a global corporation employing thousands of criminals and flooding Britain with cocaine and heroin. Yet the established order is under threat: street gangs are overwhelming the old-school Cartel godfathers with a campaign of violence, intimidation and mayhem, heralding a series of events that has had devastating consequences for the whole of society. In Young Blood, the explosive follow-up to The Cartel, bestselling true-crime author Graham Johnson reveals how the brutal assassination of drug baron Colin 'King Cocaine' Smith in 2007 by a group of young bucks triggered the rise of the foot soldier, and exposes the bitter struggle that has spread throughout Europe as various factions battle to seize control of the most lucrative crime syndicate in British history.

About the author

Graham Johnson is an investigative reporter and crime writer. His previous true-crime publications include the bestselling Powder Wars, Football and Gangsters, Druglord and The Devil, and he is also the author of the acclaimed crime-fiction title Soljas. He lives in London.

Summary

The Cartel is Britain's biggest drugs gang, a global corporation employing thousands of criminals and flooding Britain with cocaine and heroin. This book reveals how the brutal assassination of drug baron Colin 'King Cocaine' Smith in 2007 by a group of young bucks triggered the rise of the foot soldier.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Johnson, Graham (Author) Johnson, Johnson Graham
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781780576763
• ISBN: 978-1-78057-676-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Crime and criminology