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I WOULD LIKE FIRST OF ALL to thank my wife, Eva, for listening to me while I have tried to establish the basic idea for this book. I needed someone to bounce my ideas off and Eva, unfortunately for her, was at hand: to discuss, assess and advise on the progression of my thoughts.

Later on I was ably assisted by Robert Smith, my previous publisher, who spent many a day with me finalizing the concept of the book. I will always be thankful for his involvement. This team effort was continued with John Blake at Blake Publishing, who encouraged me to update Doing the Business, thus involving previously researched material considered at the time to be too dangerous to include in the original book back in 1993.

A special thank you must go to Richard F. Young of the Hartley Library at Southampton University. Early on in my research, he gave me great assistance and put the university library facilities at my disposal. On a personal note, I would also like to thank Southampton University for my recent BA Hons degree, awarded through King Alfred’s, Winchester.

Likewise, I will always be grateful to Charlie Kray (although I could have done without the threats), without whom this book would have been an impossible task. His efforts were relentless and his memory exceptional as he helped me to appreciate the style of business favoured by the twins, Ron and Reg Kray, his brothers.

And last, but not least, I would like to thank my good friend Charles Rosenblatt, without whom this book would never have been attempted. His guidance during the evaluation of my synopsis was invaluable, and I can still remember his opening words: ‘Everyone has at least one good book in them.’ With 40 years in the motion-picture business, he should know what he is talking about.