Today, this know knows the name Albert Lord. A Town Called Malice s1e8: Living on a Prayer
Rozzer: You even think about going for that gun, me and you are going to have a falling out.
Cindy: I didn’t know we were friends.
Rozzer: We’re not. Cunt. ibid.
Cindy: Where we heading?
Rozzer: Towards Justice. ibid.
Take a blade. Open him up if he won’t listen. Cometh the hour, cometh the Lord. ibid. dad
Why shouldn’t I? You put me here. Your corrupt system made me. They took my freedom and left me to rot in a cell for a crime I didn’t commit. ibid. Cindy to rozzer
What have you done, boy? ibid. dad
You shoot me, you become me. Is that what you want? ibid father to Gene
This is the story of how a gangster’s paradise was created in the heart of Europe. For a short period of time Spain was a place where British criminals could escape the law and live out their dreams. Secret History s11e3: Costa del Crime, Channel 4 2003
It was like being on a Hollywood film set all the while. It wasn’t real.’ ibid. Freddie Foreman
These criminals acquired an aura of glamour. Wanted men became celebrities. It was the stuff of legend. But behind the popular image of crooks on the run was a darker more violent reality. ibid.
The Costa del Sol was known as an easy place to launder dirty money. ibid.
And where the tabloids led, television followed. ibid.
There were at least 100 wanted men on the Costa del Sol who still couldn’t be touched. ibid.
Their high profile eventually became their undoing. ibid.
By the late ’80s ‘a bit of puff’ had become a multi-million-pound illegal business and the Costa crooks had become drug barons … Official attitudes changed. ibid.
‘If you can’t pay the bills, paradise fades somewhat.’ ibid.
And then it became the drugs capital of Europe. Ibiza Narcos I: Disorganised Crime, observer, Sky Documentaries 2024
You soon realised it can be quite dark. Gangsters, cartels, people big and strong enough to kick the fuck out of you. ibid.
A lot of hash smoking, a lot of acid being taken. ibid. early days
This was the start of the party island Ibiza was to become … The hippies were the ones who started the party scene. ibid.
Organised groups from France, England, Italy, they see a market, they come and take the market. ibid.
At the beginning the mafias were more hidden. ibid.
They started spending money in Ibiza in an exaggerated way … We are able to see that problems are coming. ibid.
People started talking about this new drug – ecstasy. ibid.
The police targeted the hippies originally, even though the professional crime groups had started to come in, because they were easy targets. ibid.
You could see by the way the clubs were developing, and the drugs scene was growing, that it was all gonna explode. Ibiza Narcos II: No Sleep Till Wednesday, observer
The rave scene was just about people who wanted to escape their lives. ibid.
Ibiza was the best place on earth to take party drugs. ibid.
People started to get greedy, and things started to change. ibid.
Before we all came, the island was this beautiful, lovely spot. We were the one who brought all of this club life to Ibiza. ibid.
Ibiza is a land of inconsistencies. As I kid I loved it. ibid.
None of these has been as dramatic, as drastic, and with devastating consequences as mass tourism. To arrive in the morning and see the rivers of vomit and urine in the streets. ibid. islander
It’s a pity because they were almost always young. ibid. Rozzer
I realised that I was damaging my mind. ibid. hardcore pill-taker
The more money you were making, the more cocaine you did. ibid. geezer
You come here, you are in paradise. Ibiza Narcos III: Giving It the Absolute Big ’Un, early club promoter
If you didn’t die, you had a story to tell next day. ibid.
Sometimes one bullet is better than twenty words. ibid. old-time gangster
Cocaine brought with it a new, colder type of criminal. ibid. journalist
Ibiza was a very loving place. But I never went nowhere without guns and knives. ibid. gangster