Politi og kriminalitet

Fromthe author of best seller, Ruxton: The First ModernMurder, comes another deep dive into one of the most notoriouscases in Scottish Criminal History. TomWood's TheWorld's End Murders: The Inside Story is a new look at awell-known story. Inthis book, Wood offers the detailed analysis only one of the originalinvestigators could give, and reveals how over nearly four decades, detectivesand scientists struggled to deliver justice. Thehorrific killing of two Edinburgh teenagers in October 1977 sparked anationwide manhunt that turned into one of Britain's longest and most famousmurder investigations. Thebook tells the story of two innocent young girls, Helen Scott and ChristineEadie, and of the extraordinary police investigation over almost four decadesthat eventually led to the discovery of links to their deaths with AngusSinclair, one of Scotland's most notorious murderers and sex offenders. Acquitted after a controversial trial in 2007, changes in the law and new,cutting-edge forensic evidence meant that Sinclair found himself in the courtagain, and in 2014 he was finally held to account for the notorious World's Endmurders. Butthis is not a gruesome tale of violent death - the families of Helen andChristine have suffered long enough. It is a story of heroes - of the familiesof the two girls who, with quiet dignity, have carried an unimaginable burdendown the years, and of the police officers, the support staff and thescientists who persisted in their investigations and never gave up. This is theinside story of the World's End murders."

Kinahan Assassins is the extraordinary story of how the killers used by Ireland's most notorious drug gang, the Kinahan Cartel, were taken down.After an audacious assassination attempt on boss Daniel Kinahan's life, the Kinahan Cartel recruited an unprecedented number of killers to retaliate against their attackers, the Hutch gang. Kinahan Assassins is the compelling behind-the-scenes account of one man's thirst for vengeance and how it proved fatal for his organization.Kinahan Assassins has the stories of the men who killed for the cartel - including vulnerable drug addicts, a former British soldier, an MMA fighter and an invisible 'Mr Nobody' who acted as a cartel quartermaster - as well as those who gave them orders.And it details how, one by one, the hit teams were identified, surveilled and captured by the Irish police. Featuring new and exclusive material - conversations from wiretaps, insights from gardaí at the heart of the operations and interviews with the loved ones of innocents caught in the crossfire - Kinahan Assassins is a startling and gripping read that throws a new light on the war on organized crime.

Drawing from his groundbreaking Sky series, renowned journalist and fearless investigator Ross Kemp delves into the depths of the Mafia's influence within the UK.

Shows how different groups and individuals around the globe have succeeded or failed in not paying their due taxes, whether in kind or in cash, on their properties, or on their crops. Addresses questions of tax morale and fairness, and how social and political inequality was negotiated through taxation.

This book contributes to the literature on organized crime by providing a detailed account of the various nuances of what happens when criminal organizations misuse or infilltrate legitimate businesses, and sheds light on the important role the private sector can play to fight back.

The true story of Lucy Letby, Britain's most unlikely serial killer.

The breakdown of the crime scene, timelines of the victims and the suspects, and the various clues give readers a personal guide to the unsolved murders that rocked Pennsylvania.

The thrilling story of Joan LaCosta's wild life behind the wheel and escape into anonymity was untold, until now, and sits at a compelling intersection of auto racing history, gender equity in sports, and true crime, all set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.

Artwashing the Past: Context Matters contributes to the wider discussion about the appropriate due diligence process that should be conducted prior to the acquisition of cultural objects.

A body in a lake. A wife missing for 21 years. A husband's denial of murder. A crime reporter who was there revisits the shocking crime 25 years on.

Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is an audacious tale of an international fraud that is stranger than fiction. In 2009, Notts County FC were on the brink of bankruptcy when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahraini royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and a list of marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel were signed, in a recruitment drive led by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who was appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League. However, within weeks, as the bills began to pile up, the dream came tumbling down as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been tricked by a convicted fraudster called Russell King. The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting and world history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

'Your pipe is drawing sweetly, the sofa cushions are soft underneath you, the fire is well alight, the air is warm and stagnant. In these blissful circumstances, what is it that you want to read about? Naturally, about a murder.'George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature - his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell's essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Decline of the English Murder, the tenth in the Orwell's Essays series, Orwell considers the sorts of murders are portrayed in the media, and why exactly people like to read about them. Expounding on his findings in the accompanying essay, titled in full The Ethics of the Detective Story from Raffles to Miss Blandish, Orwell broadens his focus to 'true crime' and realism in fictional murders - a genre that thrives to this day.

During Jack the Ripper's reign of terror, there was an arguably more sadistic and mercurial serial killer operating on the other side of London. This book makes the case for a new suspect.

'A master-class in bringing history to life, in all its creepy, twisted glory' - Karen Kilgariff, co-host of My Favorite Murder podcast'Every true crime fan will be riveted by Kate's master story-telling of this unforgettable tale' - Paul Holes, author of Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State KillerThe thrilling story of Edward Rulloff - a serial murderer who was called 'too intelligent to be killed' - and the array of 19th-century investigators who were convinced his brain held the key to finally understanding the criminal mind.Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer - some have called him a 'Victorian-era Hannibal Lecter' - whose crimes spanned decades, but by 1871 he was captured, chained in a cell - a psychopath holding court while curious 19th-century 'mindhunters' got to work. From alienists to neurologists to phrenologists, each one thought he held the key to understanding the essential question: is evil born or made?Acclaimed crime historian and podcaster Kate Winkler Dawson draws on hundreds of source materials and never-before-shared historical documents to present one of the first glimpses into the mind of a serial killer - a century before the term was coined - through the scientists whose work would come to influence criminal justice for decades to come.

This book is about how organized crime came to dominate the record business during the early days of rock and roll.

With a combination of thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture of a drug that is on a rapid international rise.

When Love Kills is the tale of hip hop star, AKA. whose life unraveled when he embarked on a relationship with 21 year-old Anele Tembe.

A thrilling exposé recounting how members of Opus Dei - a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect - pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of the world's largest banks. For over half a century, Banco Popular was one of the most profitable banks in the world - until one day in 2017, when the Spanish bank suddenly collapsed overnight. When investigative journalist Gareth Gore was dispatched to report on the story, he expected to find yet another case of unbridled capitalist ambition gone wrong. Instead, he uncovered decades of deception that hid one of the most brazen cases of corporate pillaging in history, perpetrated by a group of men sworn to celibacy and self-flagellation who had secretly controlled Popular and abused their positions there to help spread Opus Dei to every corner of the world. Drawing on unparalleled access to bank records, insider accounts, and exclusive interviews with whistleblowers from within Opus Dei, Gore reveals how money from the bank was used to lure unsuspecting recruits - some of them only children - into a life of servitude. He also tracks the ascent of Opus Dei around the globe, exposing its role in bankrolling many right-wing causes, including the US Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. In an era of disinformation and deep fakes, here is a real-life conspiracy which hid in plain sight for more than sixty years. Gore tells a shocking story of money and power that spans decades and continents. Documenting Opus Dei's secret history for the first time, this thrilling work of investigative storytelling raises important questions about the dark forces that shape our society.

Equal parts illuminating, riveting and unnerving, a brilliantly researched narrative investigation of how humankind has identified and confronted evil.

She left her loving family behind, her friends and her whole life, to be with the man she adored. She was also desperate to escape her horrific childhood memories and abuse, in search of a secure and happy life. But nothing could have prepared her for what was to come...