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Empire of Crime : Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire by Newark, Timothy is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Empire of Crime : Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire about?
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 grew rich on the trade of illegal narcotics throughout the British Empire.<br><br><i>Empire of Crime</i> introduces the reade
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- Author
- Newark, Timothy
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781510723467
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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