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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... taskforce. He reported that Andrew Veniamin was suspected of three murders and a taskforce was necessary to target his group. Senior police finally acted and the Rimer task group (later renamed Purana) was established in May 2003, with ...
... taskforce. He reported that Andrew Veniamin was suspected of three murders and a taskforce was necessary to target his group. Senior police finally acted and the Rimer task group (later renamed Purana) was established in May 2003, with ...
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... Purana investigators. Believe in yourselves and your team mates and don't worry about the scoreboard, he said. Do the planning and the results will come. In October 2003 the taskforce was enlarged to 53 staff, including nine ...
... Purana investigators. Believe in yourselves and your team mates and don't worry about the scoreboard, he said. Do the planning and the results will come. In October 2003 the taskforce was enlarged to 53 staff, including nine ...
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... taskforce that if the curfew remains between 8pm and 8am ... it is possible ... Purana Detective Sergeant Stuart Bateson raided their house she should 'grab ... Purana police believed they had enough to hold Williams, but he was ...
... taskforce that if the curfew remains between 8pm and 8am ... it is possible ... Purana Detective Sergeant Stuart Bateson raided their house she should 'grab ... Purana police believed they had enough to hold Williams, but he was ...
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... Purana taskforce virtually dominated the technical capacity of the entire crime department with many detectives in other areas quietly grumbling that their investigations were put on hold because Simon Overland had ordered that the ...
... Purana taskforce virtually dominated the technical capacity of the entire crime department with many detectives in other areas quietly grumbling that their investigations were put on hold because Simon Overland had ordered that the ...
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... Purana police had previously refused to do deals with trigger men but senior ... Purana model some of Melbourne's worst gangsters were offered a chance ... taskforce used the proven US tactic of turning alleged hit men into star ...
... Purana police had previously refused to do deals with trigger men but senior ... Purana model some of Melbourne's worst gangsters were offered a chance ... taskforce used the proven US tactic of turning alleged hit men into star ...
Contents
The fugitive | |
Out of his league | |
The first domino | |
The mourning after | |
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 | |
The summing | |
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