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Evil Empire - New Updated Mass Market Edition
John Gilligan, his Gang & the Execution of Journalist Veronica Guerin
Paul Williams

"Courageously frank and very detailed…This is the best book on Irish organised crime to date and a tribute to a murdered colleague."
- The Irish Times

"Evil Empire is a textbook for anyone interested in top-class investigative reporting. Paul Williams is the outstanding journalist of his generation."
- Joe Duffy, Liveline, RTE

"Evil Empire, exhaustingly researched and chillingly riveting, is traditional crime reporting at its best."
- The Sunday Independent

"Each part is meticulously researched and reads more like a thriller than true life. Williams dedicated the book to the memory of Veronica Guerin and the Lucan Investigation Team…He has served both in spectacular fashion.”
- Evening Herald

Ruthless godfather John Gilligan controlled a colossal drugs empire and a mob of gangland’s most dangerous criminals. Violence and the threat of murder kept terrified witnesses silent and other gangsters in fear. Gilligan thought himself untouchable and above the law – until his gang crossed the line by executing crime reporter Veronica Guerin.

Evil Empire tells the chilling inside story of Gilligan’s rise to power, his savage gang and the truth about the horrifying murder that shocked the world. Revealed for the first time, too, is the intense behind-the-scenes drama of the dedicated police squad who waged an unprecedented four-year war to smash “Factory” John’s Evil Empire. Ireland’s most hated Gangster exposed!