Full Download Empire of Crime: Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire - Tim Newark | ePub Online

Full Download Empire of Crime: Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire - Tim Newark | ePub

Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Just as the banning of alcohol in America during Prohibition made illicit fortunes for the Mafia and other gangsters, organized criminals

Title : Empire of Crime: Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire
Author : Tim Newark
Language : en
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