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. |
From inside the book
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... jail. Williams' rise from middle-ranked drug dealer to heavyweight killer should never have happened. His plans for revenge and control of a big drug syndicate should have collapsed when he was arrested in slapstick circumstances six ...
... jail. Williams' rise from middle-ranked drug dealer to heavyweight killer should never have happened. His plans for revenge and control of a big drug syndicate should have collapsed when he was arrested in slapstick circumstances six ...
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... jail on remand for close to two months, Williams began to plan his first attack. First, he recruited the team he believed would kill for him. One of the first to join was Andrew 'Benji' Veniamin, the former kick boxer and gunman who ...
... jail on remand for close to two months, Williams began to plan his first attack. First, he recruited the team he believed would kill for him. One of the first to join was Andrew 'Benji' Veniamin, the former kick boxer and gunman who ...
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... jail. According to The Runner, it was there that Williams first asked him to kill Jason Moran. Moran — who had been spotted in London by one of the Williams' team ('The Lieutenant') — had decided to return, even though he must have ...
... jail. According to The Runner, it was there that Williams first asked him to kill Jason Moran. Moran — who had been spotted in London by one of the Williams' team ('The Lieutenant') — had decided to return, even though he must have ...
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... jail Williams. It was the self-styled 'Premier' himself, always so cautious about phones, who handed them the damning evidence. He told his wife in one call that if Purana Detective Sergeant Stuart Bateson raided their house she should ...
... jail Williams. It was the self-styled 'Premier' himself, always so cautious about phones, who handed them the damning evidence. He told his wife in one call that if Purana Detective Sergeant Stuart Bateson raided their house she should ...
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... jail waiting for his trial over the Veniamin killing, he told Mario to keep one eye on business and the other in the back of his head. The Williams' team had done their homework. They knew Condello was a creature of habit and took his ...
... jail waiting for his trial over the Veniamin killing, he told Mario to keep one eye on business and the other in the back of his head. The Williams' team had done their homework. They knew Condello was a creature of habit and took his ...
Contents
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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