Busted

by Keith Moor

Bestselling writer and organized-crime expert Keith Moor takes us behind the headlines of the world's biggest seizure of ecstasy to expose a sophisticated mafia network in Australia. In 2007, Melbourne customs officials intercepted 15 million ecstasy tablets hidden in 3000 tomato tins arriving from Naples, Italy – the largest haul of ecstasy in the world. The seized pills had a street value of $440 million. After getting a lucky break from the actions of a diligent customs officer, the Australian Federal Police swooped on the traffickers. As they brought in the suspects, the powerful Calabrian Mafia was exposed as being at the heart of it all. Drawing on years of research and never-before-revealed evidence, Busted details this extraordinary case – one of the largest AFP operations ever – and how it fits into the murky history of Australian organized crime. From the Walkley Award–winning author of Crims in Grass Castles , this is a fascinating and powerful account of one of the biggest crimes, and many of the worst criminals, our society has seen.

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

272 pages, Paperback

Published June 27, 2016

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wasn't impressed with this book, I found it borning and repetitive. The first section is about the ecstasy capture, there is just a lot of scripts from the telephone conversations and text messages. However, it does showcase how not smart these drug criminals are. The last section is about the history of the Calabrian mafia which is a little interesting but not until the end part of the book, it also talks about the Calabrian mafia from past decades ago. What also is annoying is about the sentences that these criminals received, how they are cut short, don't even get convicted and get away with it, or not looked into their history in Italy and deported back. Was expecting this book to be better.

[Gareth Coxhead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice crime book about Mafia in Australia - Melbourne and Griffith. I really enjoyed reading this book, its and easy read and quiet informal. If you like real crime books then you are sure to enjoy reading this. About 250 pages so not that long. Basicly about Mafia in Aistralia and how they nearly pulled off some big drug importations.

[Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grassy knolls

An insightful look into the sometimes mythical world of the Australian Calabrian Mafia and their ambitous drug smuggling exploits. Worth a read id you are into true crimes.

[Dillon Fisher · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book reads like a Wikipedia article .. horribly written , large chunks repeated again and again, a lack of context and jumping around from era to era. 2 stars only because the subject matter itself was interesting - even if it was badly butchered by the author and editor .

[Susan Abbey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating how the mafia can devise and carry out their illegal schemes - but when they come unstuck - the ripple effects are extreme

[Tony · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book but I did find it a little disjointed as it jumped from era to era and country to country. The book had local and work significance to me so I was able to testify to its accuracy and thorough research. It is an important book to read for anyone interested in organised crime in the MIA area.

[Tom Fontaine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow. So badly written.