Johnson worked at the Sunday Mirror from 1997 to 2005 and for six years was the newspaper's Investigations Editor. [1] [3]

But a listening device was planted inside, and for three years Soca investigators eavesdropped and recorded hundreds of hours of conversations. Johnson has written for publications including the News of the World, the Sunday Mirror, The Observer, Vice, The Guardian and the Liverpool Echo, and often publishes crime stories under different bylines. Her 40-year-old son Jason (above, left) was in charge of transport; her other son, Ian (above, right), aged 39, was in charge of logistics. Place of safetyJohnson has covered stories including drug dealing in Britain, [5] people smuggling in Europe, child slavery in India and Pakistan, and war in the Balkans. Johnson's novels have been published by Mainstream Publishing and Simon & Schuster. [ citation needed] Graham Johnson (born 4 May 1968) is an author and investigative journalist from Liverpool in the United Kingdom. [1] He has written for several news organisation and the since the 2000s has written both non-fiction and fiction books. His works focuses largely crime, especially organised crime. Johnson has made documentary films and appeared on television as a crime pundit. When I started writing books about organised crime in Liverpool in 2003 it was very much a cult audience – now it’s mainstream." The Fitzgibbons stayed at the top of their game because they use extreme violence to protect their interests. Graham Johnson, crime writer year-old Christine Fitzgibbon (above, centre) is the matriarchal head of a Merseyside family whose drug connections extended round the globe.

A lot of this is the social history of the city, with drug gangs becoming more and more powerful over recent decades. a b Siddle, John (2013-07-05). "The Devil struggled against demons, says author". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 2023-01-21.Journalist and author Graham Johnson is Mr Smith's business partner and has been leading the negotiations.