{"product_id":"9781780571263","title":"Crimelord: The Licensee: The True Story of Tam McGraw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimelord\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping life story of elusive multimillionaire gangster Tam McGraw. A notorious criminal kingpin, McGraw has risen from extreme poverty in the East End of Glasgow to become one of Scotland's wealthiest men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen hash started to flood into Scotland from the late 1980s onwards, suspicion centred on McGraw, leader of the infamous Barlanark Team. After a two-year surveillance operation, police discovered the drug had been hidden in buses carrying young footballers and deprived Glasgow families on free holidays abroad. It was a scam reminiscent of the movie \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Job\u003c\/i\u003e, only this time Scots kids had been sitting on hash worth over £40 million. Police claimed McGraw was the financier and mastermind but in 1998 a jury declared him innocent while other suspects were jailed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs McGraw refuses to discuss his life publicly, his remarkable tale is told through friends, fellow crooks and the occasional rival. It is an outrageous, often hilarious, true gangster story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135474876656,"sku":"9781780571263","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780571263_p0.jpg?v=1763712843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780571263","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}