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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... never close. They did deals and begrudgingly co-operated when it suited, but they also competed with each other for a slice of the obscenely lucrative illegal pill market. While there were reasons for their hostility, none was pressing ...
... never close. They did deals and begrudgingly co-operated when it suited, but they also competed with each other for a slice of the obscenely lucrative illegal pill market. While there were reasons for their hostility, none was pressing ...
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... never asked I don't know who did it . Police told me who they think did it , but that's their business . ' When the author suggested they had nominated Jason Moran , he smiled and said , ' You'd better ask them . ' Roberta Williams gave ...
... never asked I don't know who did it . Police told me who they think did it , but that's their business . ' When the author suggested they had nominated Jason Moran , he smiled and said , ' You'd better ask them . ' Roberta Williams gave ...
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... never face charges over many of the murders he arranged because he cut a deal with police that gives him some chance of release one day. His only hope is that he will die a free old man, rather than in jail. Williams' rise from middle ...
... never face charges over many of the murders he arranged because he cut a deal with police that gives him some chance of release one day. His only hope is that he will die a free old man, rather than in jail. Williams' rise from middle ...
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... never short of enemies , narrowed the field to three . Williams and his team were by no means the favourite . ' We ... never be the end . REMEMBER , I WILL NEVER FORGET . ' But nor would Carl Williams . Police, and the underworld ...
... never short of enemies , narrowed the field to three . Williams and his team were by no means the favourite . ' We ... never be the end . REMEMBER , I WILL NEVER FORGET . ' But nor would Carl Williams . Police, and the underworld ...
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... counter - surveillance and teamed with a man who appeared to be a bodyguard . He quit his flamboyant lifestyle , rented a modest house in Moonee Ponds and kept on the move . Also, The Runner had never met Moran and Williams did.
... counter - surveillance and teamed with a man who appeared to be a bodyguard . He quit his flamboyant lifestyle , rented a modest house in Moonee Ponds and kept on the move . Also, The Runner had never met Moran and Williams did.
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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