ABE SAFFRON THE KING OF THE CROSS
Jul 27, 2020
3 minutes
By John Burfitt
There have been a number of crime figures who have always fascinated Australians, but there’s never been anyone like Abe Saffron.”
So says author Duncan McNab about the notorious underworld character, who was one of the major figures in Sydney’s Kings Cross in the decades after World War II. No matter what the game was – prostitution, sly grog, illegal casinos, gambling, tax fraud, arson, bribery – many roads led back to Abe Saffron, ‘the King of the Cross’.
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