Abe Saffron was one of Australia's most notorious and powerful crime figures. Yet, he spent his life denying any involvement in criminal activity, claiming he was just a successful businessman. Sydney knew otherwise. This was the man who controlled the city's underworld with an iron fist. Tony Reeves has been gathering information on Abe Saffron for over forty years. With Saffron's death in September 2006, he can finally and safely reveal all. And what a story it is. Saffron trafficked in drugs, ran prostitution and gambling rings, was not averse to extreme violence and was a master of bribery and a corrupter of police, politicians and the judiciary. The man with a voracious sexual appetite was a real-life Godfather of Australian crime. Mr Sin makes for shocking and disturbing reading. It reveals the heart of a vicious world of greed and evil and leaves no doubt that Abe Saffron well and truly deserved the moniker, Mr Sin.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- AUTHOR NOTE
- PROLOGUE
- 1: FOR KING AND COUNTRY . . . AND A QUICK QUID
- 2: SLY GROG SALES: A BOTTLER OF A MONEY-MAKER
- 3: IN AND OUT OF COURT AND COURTING CRIMS
- 4: NEW PLAYERS JOIN THE TEAM: ABE MOVES INTO THE BIG TIME
- 5: ANOTHER WAR, ANOTHER FORTUNE: VIETNAM BLUE PUTS CRIMS IN THE BLACK
- 6: PICTURES TO DIE FOR: BLACKMAIL DOSSIERS GET OUT OF HAND
- 7: BURNING ISSUES: MURDER AND ARSON BECOME THE HOT TOPICS
- 8: SNORTING AT DRUG SLUR: SOME CUSTOMS ARE NOT SO HARD TO BREAK
- 9: MURDER MOST FOUL: ABE BUYS HIS COVER
- 10: TAX BREAK COMES ABE’S WAY: WHISTLEBLOWER GOES TO JAIL
- 11: TROUBLES IN THE SOUTH: TRUTH DRUG MAY BE THE ANSWER
- 12: RID ME OF THESE MEDDLESOME ATTORNEYS: ABE PLAYS HENRY TOO
- 13: TAKEOVER BID: TOP COP SEEKS MONOPOLY ON GRAFT PAYMENTS
- 14: TAXING TIMES: ABE DOES A ‘CAPONE’ WITH LITTLE BLACK BOOKS
- 15: COURTING A NEW PERSONA: WRITS SAY THE PAST IS ALL A LIE
- EPILOGUE: AND THEN HE DIED
- NOTES
- INDEX