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Brought to you by Penguin. The definitive account of the rise of the Kinahan gang and the deadly feud that shocked a nation and brought the gang to the edge of destruction. __________ February 2016. A daring gun attack in the Regency Hotel brings Dubliner Christy Kinahan and his international...

Lloyd Constantine began his career in legal services, representing impoverished clients in civil rights and constitutional cases. Decades later, he would make headlines for representing retailers and consumers against a cartel that undermined one of the fundamental tenets of commerce in America: competition. A man who thrives on competition himself, Constantine now gives us the insider's story on the biggest antitrust lawsuit in history - a case that pitted his small firm against financial-industry giants Visa and MasterCard, along with Clifford-Chance, the largest law firm in the world.

"Black Friday by S Hussain Zaidi is a ghastly account of the one of the biggest terrorist attack on Bombay in 1993. The book chronicles the devastation caused to life and property due to the attacks and the trauma, both physical and mental, underwent by the people at large post the terrorist...

What drug lords learned from big business. How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the $300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of the strategy and tactics used by corporations such as Walmart, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola.

'Thrilling…has the snap of a Hollywood script…compelling.' Wall Street Journal The gripping true story, that reads like fiction, of how legendary FBI Special Agent Martin Suarez went deep undercover – and lived a double-life for years – to infiltrate Colombia's most insidious drug...

Brought to you by Penguin. There's an old saying: 'a rising tide lifts all boats'. It's normally couched in positive terms; that overall economic improvement will benefit everyone. In the case of hi-tech money laundering, however, it offers a dark vision of the future. The better these...

Bloomsbury presents El Narco by Ioan Grillo, read by Paul Thornley. 'War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade, the body count- 23,000 dead in five years - and sheer...

In Cartel Nation, listeners are taken deep inside the hidden machinery of Mexico’s drug cartels—a world where criminal networks rival governments, warlords command armies, and pop culture glorifies the very violence that terrorizes entire regions. Through gripping storytelling and meticulous investigation, this book unveils how cartels moved from the shadows into the center of politics, business, and everyday life.

The definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created and fueled the opioid crisis—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters who first uncovered the dimensions of the deluge of pain pills that ravaged the country and the complicity of...

Imagine a world where Utopias are mere illusions, overshadowed by rampant cruelty, crime, and chaos. In this strikingly original short novel, that unsettling premise serves as the backdrop for an extraordinary journey into the future. Prepare to be captivated as you navigate a mind-bending highway paved by one of the most talented writers in the genre. As you delve into this fictional odyssey, you may find yourself transfixed, forgetting the boundaries of reality and discovering that Irving E. Cox has far more to share than just a tale‚Aîhe offers profound insights that resonate long after ...

Vous écoutez Cartels & Cie, un podcast sur les plus grandes affaires de fraudes économiques françaises. Dans cette série en huit épisodes, on vous emmène dans les coulisses des enquêtes de l’Autorité de la concurrence, au cœur de scandales économiques qui impliquent certaines des plus grosses entreprises mondiales. Cartels&Cie est une série proposée par l’Autorité de la concurrence et produite par Insider Podcast. Prise de son et écriture : Isabelle Souquet pour Insider Podcast. Documentation et archives : Tom Nouvian. Réalisation : Florentin Baume. Musique originale : ...

Près de 50 morts, plus de 110 blessés sur fonds de trafic de drogue. L'année 2023 est la plus meurtrière de l'histoire récente de Marseille. Une année hors-norme. Un déferlement de violence causé par une guerre de territoires entre deux clans de narcotrafiquants : la DZ Mafia contre le clan Yoda. Deux surnoms pour qualifier ces cartels en prise dans une guerre sans merci pour le contrôle des lucratifs points de deal: ceux de La Paternelle. Mais pas que. En 2023, le conflit entre les deux clans dépasse les frontières de cette petite cité des quartiers nord pour se répandre à ...

The jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted the CIA to create the world's mightiest narco-state, controlling more territory than Israel and with more troops than Sweden. Are they crime lords? Or visionaries? Wa State has become a real...

Pablo Escobar sigue siendo un personaje legendario y 30 años después de su muerte, todavía hay muchos secretos de su vida que siguen sorprendiendo. Este libro recoge varios de ellos. Hace 30 años, Pablo Escobar fue cazado porque violo el secreto que lo hacia ver invencible: hablar poco y muy...

By the early 1990s, Colombia's Cali cartel had become what the former head of the DEA Thomas Constantine referred to as "the biggest and most powerful crime syndicate in history." Responsible for nearly 85% of the cocaine that reached US soil and 90% worldwide, they were untouchable. They brazenly corrupted thousands of Colombian authorities and government officials, even buying the outcome of the 1994 presidential election.

Welcome to The Fast Bowling Cartel – where the quicks talk fast, bowl faster and nothing’s off-limits.Hosted by Aussie pace royalty Glenn McGrath, Damien Fleming, and Jason Gillespie, this is your front-row seat to the raw, unfiltered world of fast bowling.No PR spin. No sugar-coating. Just three legends telling it like it is - breaking down the craft, reliving wild tour tales, and pulling back the curtain on life behind the baggy green.JOIN The FBC Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/fastbowlingcartel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Nick Carnes and Shane Padgett utilize their personal experiences and life stories, along with the stories of their guests, to discuss a wide range of topics pertaining to men. Shane and Nick challenge men to rise up and be the best they can be. A world where men are healthy and functioning as they should be is a better world. Nick and Shane have fun while focusing on serious topics.

A group of Australian Theme Park enthusiasts talking all things Roller Coasters, Rides, Disney, Universal & More!

We are the Spurs cartel, a group of Spurs fans who like to waffle about their club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some time ago, five successful restaurateurs came together to form The Colaba Cartel. The founders of The Table, Gauri Devidayal and Jay Yousuf, partnered with the founders of Woodside Inn, Abhishek Honawar, Pankil Shah and Sumit Gambhir to open a new restaurant in Colaba. If you've ever dreamed of opening a restaurant or love eating out, you want to listen in. This exclusive ten part series is hosted by Gauri Devidayal and Amit Doshi.