Grafters
By Colin Blaney
()
About this ebook
Updated with new photographs. Colin Blaney's "Grafters", originally published in 2004, was a ground-breaking expose of the links between criminal gangs and football hooliganism. In the intervening period the book and the phrase have become part of the lexicon, defining a generation of professional thieves who used the cover of their fellow football fans to earn a fortune.
Eight years on author Colin Blaney returns with an updated version of his criminal memoirs and recounts his experiences as a personality in the murky media world that accompanies public relations -- principally his shady dealings with tabloid journalists, TV producers and researchers.
In Colin's words he was thrown in at the deep end to "Swim with the sharks". It's all a far cry from Colin's adolescence in the council fl ats of North Manchester. As a child he burgled warehouses and factories. As a youth he joined the bootboys of Manchester United's Red Army, rampaging across the country. As an adult he learned to dip with the Scouse pickpocket gangs, sell dope to Rastas in the Moss Side shebeens and sneak-thieve from shop tills with his mad Collyhurst crew.
But Continental Europe offered the greatest lure. The gang moved to Amsterdam which became their HQ for the next twenty years. They stole Rolex watches in Switzerland, peddled Ecstasy in Spain, kited credit cards in Belgium, flogged bootleg tee-shirts in France and snatched designer clothes in Holland. Blaney and his Wide Awake Frim served time in half the jails in Europe and then went back for more. They were on a riotous, non stop roller-coaster ride -- until they finally hit the buffers.
Related to Grafters
Related ebooks
The Mayfair Mafia: The Lives and Crimes of the Messina Brothers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharlie Four Kilo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSydney Noir: The Golden Years Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAce - Deuce: The Life and Times of a Gambling Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScotland Yard's Gangbuster: Bert Wickstead's Most Celebrated Cases Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOperation Jungle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLives Of Crime Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHouse of Cards: Five Full Contact Years as a Las Vegas Nightclub Bouncer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gangster Women and Their Criminal World: The History of Gangsters' Molls and Mob Queens Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guv'nors: Ten of Scotland Yard's Greatest Detectives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Jack Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Unofficial Guide to The Sopranos Seasons 5 and 6 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHunted Down: The FBI's Pursuit and Capture of Whitey Bulger Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSingo The John Singleton Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Gangland Melbourne Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Crime Time: Australians Behaving Badly Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife in a Film Can Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lawless Decade: Bullets, Broads and Bathtub Gin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSydney Under Siege: As It Happened 15 December 2014 Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Bigwig: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of Tony Mokbel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beating the Odds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlesha Dixon: Her Story - The Unauthorized Biography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Green Light: Book 3: The Kingdom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia’s Toughest Cop Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Glory Boys Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Green Light: Book 1: The Kingdom of Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThere's Nothing in this World Worse than a Wet Hippie. An Experiment in Gonzo Journalism. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLondon's Gangs at War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Class Act: Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If You Like The Sopranos...: Here Are Over 150 Movies, TV Shows and Other Oddities That You Will Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Organized Crime For You
Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wiseguy: The 25th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Yakuza: life and death in the Japanese underworld Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMS-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gotti Wars: Taking Down America's Most Notorious Mobster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killer: The Autobiography of a Mafia Hit Man Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gangland: How the FBI Broke the Mob Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fugitives: The Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His Life in the Mexican Mafia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Boys in Chicago Heights: The Forgotten Crew of the Chicago Outfit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExposing the Illuminati's R.E.M Driven Human Cloning Subculture, Frequently Asked Questions, Volume 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mafia Hitmen And Assassins: The True Crime Stories of Contract Killers Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens Are Reclaiming America's Wildlands From The Drug Cartels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Somebody's Daughter: Inside an International Prostitution Ring Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5LIFE The Godfather Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Grafters
0 ratings0 reviews