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...postwar period have been swamped by syndicates shifting huge quantities of illicit goods and services around the world. "We have an exponential growth in serious and organized crime," said Commander Sharon Kerr, head of the specialist crime directorate of Britain's Metropolitan Police, at a conference in Liverpool earlier this year, "manifesting itself in all kinds of ways; from Chinese DVD sellers - which can involve murders, trafficking and kidnap - to Romanian gangs of bag snatchers using young children trafficked into the United Kingdom...
Called the Fifth Beatle by members of the band, Neil Aspinall used to shuttle the foursome to nighttime gigs in Liverpool while holding down an accounting job by day. Devoted friend, roadie and unofficial manager, he came to run the Beatles' music empire, Apple Corps, deftly negotiating with all four members--and the wives of the deceased--even when communication was most strained, and producing the popular Beatles Anthology retrospective albums, among others. Unwavering in his loyalty, Aspinall, unlike many other Beatles insiders, never told his--or their--story...
There's no event so passionate in English soccer as a derby fixture - Liverpool vs. Everton, say, or Arsenal vs. Tottenham - where the intense local rivalry is felt for miles around the ground, and the pride on the pitch makes for snappier tackles and that extra ounce of effort as fans steeped in decades of local rivalry spur their team forward. But would those games offer quite the same spectacle if they were played in Beijing or New York? The hundreds of millions of fans who tune in to TV broadcasts of the English Premier League each week may soon...
...while the level of fans' financial interest isn't yet clear, their unrest is palpable. "We have been in this business for years," Hicks told TIME shortly after buying Liverpool last year. "All team owners go through a learning curve at how to be a good owner. We both have done that ... fans want stability. Players want stability." In truth, it hasn't really worked out like that. A public spat with Rafael Benitez, Liverpool's Spanish team manager and a favorite among supporters, has done nothing for the American owners' own fan base in the city. Uncertainty over...
...Right now, there's no sign of that changing. "Liverpool football club is not for sale," maintains a spokesman for Hicks. (The club itself isn't commenting.) And last week, the owners agreed to some $700 million in refinancing, hinting at a longer-term commitment. For Taylor - who's not had any contact with either Liverpool owner about his scheme - picking up a private business that's not up for grabs in the first place seems like a pretty high hurdle. And even among Liverpool's legendarily large fan base, finding so many with enough money to pony...