Ian Birrell

The murderous gangs who run the world

According to Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano and Dreamland by Sam Quinones, the flow of Class A drugs around the world is now unstoppable, and traffickers have grown increasingly violent. If only the trade were regulated, all this could change

  • Zero Zero Zero

    Roberto Saviano

    Allen Lane, pp. 448

  • Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic

    Sam Quinones

    Bloomsbury, pp. 380

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