Ever since the collapse of the extradition treaty with the UK in the late 1970s, Spain's southern coastal strip of the Costa Del Sol has been a safe haven for criminals. Drug smuggler Howard Marks; Ronnie Knight and Clifford Saxe, both involved in the $6 million Security Express raid of 1983, and Kenneth Noye, eventually convicted for a road rage murder, are some of those whose dramatic stories are told in this thrilling account. Spain's unique status became a thing of the past when the governments agreed fast-track extraditions. But now there's a new threat. These days, drug dealers make runs over to the tip of Africa in nearby Morocco, some meeting gruesome ends at the hands of rivals, and unscrupulous property barons hatch dubious deals to provide homes for the rapidly expanding population, much of which is made up of UK ex-pats. This is the fascinating history of the criminals' favourite playground.
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Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
Publication Date: 01 Jul 2014
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781844540648
About Wensley Clarkson
WENSLEY CLARKSON has investigated numerous crimes across the world for the past thirty years. His research has included prison visits surveillance operations police raids and even post mortems. Clarkson's books - published in more than thirty countries - have sold more than two million copies. He has made numerous documentaries in the UK US Australia and Spain and written TV and movie screenplays. His most recent major TV project is Florida-based drama series Boca Grande which he created developed and wrote with BAFTA award-winning Peaky Blinders director David Caffrey. Clarkson's recent book Sexy Beasts - about the Hatton Garden raid - was nominated for a Crime Writer's Association Dagger award.