| Football and Gangsters: How Organised Crime Controls the Beautiful Game Contributor(s): Johnson, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 1840187921 ISBN-13: 9781840187922 Publisher: Mainstream Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: No one might be willing to admit it, but criminal organizations have maneuvred themselves into a position of power in soccer. Drug-dealers launder money by buying clubs, hooligan gangs have muscled their way into big-time crime and the boardroom, and the influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow. Through a series of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with players, club officials, police, and the underworld figures responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in "Football and Gangsters." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Football - Sports & Recreation | Soccer - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 796.334 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.12" W x 9.09" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No one might be willing to admit it, but criminal organizations have maneuvred themselves into a position of power in soccer. Drug-dealers launder money by buying clubs, hooligan gangs have muscled their way into big-time crime and the boardroom, and the influence of Asian betting rings continues to grow. Through a series of dangerous undercover investigations, along with interviews with players, club officials, police, and the underworld figures responsible, the sensational evidence is laid bare in Football and Gangsters. |