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“Mafia is a process, not a thing” — Joe Bonanno, Italian-American crime boss
I wrote an epic read about how the Italian mafia expanded in Germany via the pizza restaurant, and how this is linked to a global rise of organised crime.
Max Daly
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Max Daly
@Narcomania
Drugs and organised crime journalist. Orwell Prize winner. Author, 'Narcomania'. Ex-Global Drugs Editor at Vice.
- ❄️🚽 Looking for photos of the best 'anti-coke snorting efforts' in pubs and bars. For example this classic at one of my favourite pubs, the Sheephaven Bay in Camden (not 100% sure if still there tbh)
- Tories calling Corbyn's great post-Manchester speech "crass and appalling" is the last straw for me. I wasn't going to vote, now it's Labour
- There’s a wild and massively under-reported drugs story playing out in the UK at the moment, involving a bunch of young Americans 🧵1/8
- Journalism screwed up badly on this one, was an absolute shocker. Literally every single national news outlet published idiotic stories. Shameful to see as a journalist.“Innocent Israelis, Bad Arabs? How the Media Scripted Amsterdam's Soccer Violence: The NYT, BBC, CNN, among others emphasized the attacks on Israeli fans, while minimizing the anti-Arab racism that seemingly provoked much of the violence.” - @marcowenjones zeteo.com/p/amsterdam-vi…
- I spent many hours with a long time drug dealer to talk about getting shot, crack dealing, the rave scene, gentrification, running pub coke sales and mental health > How London Has Changed Over 25 Years, Through the Eyes of a Drug Dealer vice.com/en_uk/article/… via @VICEUK
- It’s a massive honour to get this award, it’s a proper one. Up against some fantastic journalism. Thanks to all the young people, youth workers & experts who’ve trusted me and @VICE for being the best global platform to amplify unheard voices and hidden storiesWINNER ANNOUNCED: The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils 2019 has been won by Max Daly, Global Drugs editor at @Vice for 'Behind County Lines'. The prize is supported by @jrf_UK orwellfoundation.com/investigative/… #OrwellPrize
GIF - Got some fantastic personal news... I've just joined @VICE as its Global Drugs Editor. It's a dream job and it's going to be a fascinating journey If you have a good story, wherever you are, journalist or not, DM me
- I wrote about how, for 100 years, drugs have been used by the authorities as a pretext and a justification for ultra-violence against Black citizens. How the War on Drugs Enables Police Brutality Against Black People vice.com/en_uk/article/… via @VICEUK
- A mix of ketamine, MDMA and pink food colouring, the drug is being sold by a new generation of young narcos in Colombia and is increasingly being seized by authorities in Europe. vice.com/en/article/m7g… via @VICEWorldNews
- Along with many journalists at Vice in the UK and US, I’ve been told my job is up for redundancy. After over five years as Vice’s Global Drugs Editor (and five before that as a columnist for Vice), I want to focus on the positives 🧵 1/7
- There’s no better time to show me tripping my nuts off on LSD in a New Orleans hostel about 1990
- My drug story bullshit radar is in danger of explodingFireworks are being set off throughout the year at all times of the night to signal where drugs are being dropped for pick-ups, Robbie Moore said trib.al/svHXvlb
