When Great Britain took the moral high ground and banned its lucrative export of opium from Imperial India to China, it unleashed a century of criminality. Where America's misguided Prohibition of alcohol made illicit fortunes for the Mafia, across the pond the organised criminals within the British Empire grew rich on their trade in illegal narcotics in the 20th century. _Empire of Crime_ is the first book to reveal the full extent and variety of organised crime within the British Empire in the 20th century. By delving into British colonial archives, Newark has discovered breath-taking truths about organised crime inside the British Empire. This book unravels how gangsters exploited its global trade routes to establish a new age of criminal networks that spanned the world.
- ISBN13 9781526713049
- Publish Date 30 October 2017 (first published 28 September 2017)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Imprint Pen & Sword History
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 268
- Language English