In the nineteen eighties the popular press often ran stories of how British fugitives from justice were living it up on the Costa del Sol. They could do so with impunity because extradition procedures between Britain and Spain simply didn’t work. However, the stories were never pursued further until the Cook Report took them up on what became known as the Costa del Crime.
Roger Cook investigates The Triads in London and Manchester.
Roger Cook investigates the illegal adoption trade between Guatemala and the UK, and the involvement of freelance social worker Jim Wroe, who also worked for Islington Council.