Empire of Crime

Organised Crime in the British Empire

Roger Moorhouse

• Publisher: Pen & Sword History
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526713063
• Print ISBN:
  9781526713049
• Subtopic: British History

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 organized 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 organized crime within the British Empire in the 20th century. By delving into British colonial archives, Newark has discovered breathtaking truths about organized 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• About the Author
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• 1 The Unfortunate Mr Hartley
• 2 The Impressive Lt-Col Roos-Keppel
• 3 The Tragic Miss Carleton
• 4 The Formidable Russell Pasha
• 5 The Fearless Mr Anslinger
• 6 The Daring Sir Cecil
• 7 The Deadly Inspector Fairbairn
• 8 The Mutilated Inspector Hutton
• 9 The Pretty Orphan Gangoo
• 10 The Lucky Mr Lai
• 11 The Smart Commissioner Young
• 12 The Wrong-Headed Mr Anslinger
• 13 The Implacable Mr Stern
• 14 The Bestial Mr Uku
• 15 The Blacked-Up Inspector Drummond
• 16 The Obliging Mr Lou
• 17 The Whistle-Blowing Inspector Wallace
• 18 The Gold-Fingered Mr Knowles
• Notes on Sources
• Bibliography
• Plate section