Underbelly: The Gangland War: The Gangland WarThe book behind the hard-hitting TV drama First he got lucky. Then he got life. They called Carl Williams 'The Truth' but the truth was he was just a fat kid with a pill press and a taste for fast food, fast women and fast bucks. He got lucky the day Jason Moran shot him in the belly instead of in the head. Carl didn't return the favour: one by one, Moran and his brother and father and their mates were shot dead during an underworld war that was really an extermination program. But Carl's luck ran out when the Purana Taskforce came calling. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years. And that's the truth. This is Australia's underbelly ... bullet holes and all. |
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... Mick Gatto, who has cast a giant shadow in Melbourne's underworld for years. Williams saw Gatto, who was loosely affiliated with the Morans but not involved in the squabble over drugs, as a potentially powerful enemy. Williams thought ...
... Mick Gatto, who has cast a giant shadow in Melbourne's underworld for years. Williams saw Gatto, who was loosely affiliated with the Morans but not involved in the squabble over drugs, as a potentially powerful enemy. Williams thought ...
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... Gatto and the Carlton Crew) to set up Moran for an ambush, but Benji was frightened Big Mick would realise he was working for Williams. 'Carl was becoming wary of Andrew and told me that he was concerned that Andrew was more in the ...
... Gatto and the Carlton Crew) to set up Moran for an ambush, but Benji was frightened Big Mick would realise he was working for Williams. 'Carl was becoming wary of Andrew and told me that he was concerned that Andrew was more in the ...
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... Mick Gatto at the Crown Casino to have what were supposed to be peace talks . It was only days after Gatto's close friend , Graham Kinniburgh , had been gunned down outside his Kew home . Kinniburgh was an old - time gangster who had made.
... Mick Gatto at the Crown Casino to have what were supposed to be peace talks . It was only days after Gatto's close friend , Graham Kinniburgh , had been gunned down outside his Kew home . Kinniburgh was an old - time gangster who had made.
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... Mick Gatto . It was an open secret that Gatto was on Williams ' death list and this was a last chance to stop the killings . ' It's not my war , ' Gatto warned the two upstarts from the western suburbs . His words , later deciphered by ...
... Mick Gatto . It was an open secret that Gatto was on Williams ' death list and this was a last chance to stop the killings . ' It's not my war , ' Gatto warned the two upstarts from the western suburbs . His words , later deciphered by ...
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... Mick Gatto and key member of the so-called Carlton Crew, Mario Condello. The two men in the car reminded each other of the importance of their mission. 'We're not just doing a burg,' one said to the other. Williams saw Condello as the ...
... Mick Gatto and key member of the so-called Carlton Crew, Mario Condello. The two men in the car reminded each other of the importance of their mission. 'We're not just doing a burg,' one said to the other. Williams saw Condello as the ...
Contents
The House of Mokbel | |
The fugitive | |
Out of his league | |
The first domino | |
The mourning after CONTENTS | |
Mad bad then | |
The Italian jobs | |
Inside | |
The tide turns | |
Quarter to midnight | |
Counterpunch | |
Cool beer cold blood | |
The double cross | |
Rats in the ranks | |
Body blow | |
Alas mad Richard | |
Black Mark | |
Pop culture | |
The deadly circle | |
A hole in the Iron Curtain | |
Sitting duck | |
Going the distance | |
Married to the | |
Playing with snakes | |
Endplay | |
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