AUSTRALIAN TRUE CRIME Biography

“A memoir about growing up the son of one of Australia’s most notorious underworld figures, Abe Saffron.”

First Edition.

• 311 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. #221124
• Saffron, Alan
• Saffron, Abe, 1919-2006
• Businessmen — New South Wales — Sydney — Biography
• Criminals — New South Wales — Sydney — Biography
• Gangsters — New South Wales — Sydney — Biography
• Children of criminals — New South Wales — Sydney — Biography
• Organized crime — New South Wales — Sydney
• Sydney (N.S.W.) — Biography
• Abraham Gilbert Saffron (6 October 1919 – 15 September 2006) was an Australian hotelier, nightclub owner, and property developer who was one of the major figures in organised crime in Australia in the latter half of the 20th century.^[1]

  For several decades, members of government, the judiciary and the media made repeated allegations that Saffron was involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including alcohol sales, dealing in stolen goods, illegal gambling, prostitution, drug dealing, bribery and extortion. He was charged with a range of offences including “scandalous conduct”, possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of stolen goods, but his only major conviction was for federal tax evasion.

  He gained nationwide notoriety in the media, earning various nicknames including “Mr Sin”,^[2] the “Mr Big of Australian crime” and “the boss of the Cross” / “King of King’s Cross” (a reference to the Kings Cross red-light district, where he owned numerous businesses).^[3]