![]() ![]() The millions of pounds he funnelled towards these and other contacts – corrupt police officers, double-dealing army officers, IRA members and others – fed money into organised criminal networks around the world, principally in countries where the state was too weak to avoid being overwhelmed by them. His business involved cutting deals with the Japanese yakuza, the New York mafia and Colombian cannabis suppliers. Yet his was not a career that hurt no one. Marks was not a violent man, and he made his fortune in cannabis, less harmful than most illegal drugs (and indeed less harmful than many legal ones). The laundering of the reputations of those who run it – Mr Nice included – must end. It is a status he does not deserve.įar from the grand caper that Marks described in his books and talks, the drug-trafficking business is one that involves the murder of thousands every year, and has brought many poor countries to their knees. ![]() The author Irvine Welsh said he was “a marvellous, unique human being”. On his death he was hailed by James Brown, the magazine editor who employed Marks as a columnist, as a “ true modern-day folk hero”. ![]()
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