Gangland

New Zealand's Underworld of Organised Crime

Author: Jared Savage and Stephen Lovatt

In Gangland, award-winning investigative reporter Jared Savage shines a light into New Zealand's rising underworld of organised crime and violent gangs.

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In Gangland, award-winning investigative reporter Jared Savage shines a light into New Zealand's rising underworld of organised crime and violent gangs.

Description

New Zealand is now one of the most lucrative illicit drug markets in the world. Organised crime is about making money. It's a business. But over the past 20 years, the dealers have graduated from motorcycle gangs to Asian crime syndicates and now the most dangerous drug lords in the world – the Mexican cartels.The brutal execution of a husband-and-wife; the undercover cop who infiltrated a casino VIP lounge; the midnight fishing trip which led to the country's biggest cocaine bust; the gangster who shot his best friend in a motorcycle shop: these stories go behind the headlines and open the door to an invisible world - a world where millions of dollars are made, life is cheap, and allegiances change like the flick of a switch.

About the Author

Jared Savage is a bestselling New Zealand author and an investigative reporter for the New Zealand Herald who has won more than a dozen journalism national and international journalism awards, including twice being named as the best reporter in the country. He lives in Tauranga with his wife and two young children. Stephen Lovatt is a New Zealand stage, screen and voice actor. After studying at Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, he became a familiar face on television in New Zealand and Australia and his voice can be heard up and down New Zealand in a wide variety of radio and television campaigns. His television credits include Shortland Street, Being Eve, Mysterious Island, Neighbours and Top of the Lake. He has narrated Jared Savage's Gangland and Gangster's Paradise.