Bent Cops

In the early 1990s, shocked by the extent of corruption within its ranks, Scotland Yard secretly set up an Anti-corruption Unit. This volume describes how the Unit tried to combat the problem, the resistance it encountered, the subterfuges to which it resorted, and the effect its campaign has had on criminals and policemen alike. Graeme McLagan, the BBC's Home Affairs correspondent, has followed the career of the Unit from its inception. He has interviewed cops on both sides of the divide - those who have thieved, robbed, fitted up people, sold secret information to cripple court cases, and even been suspected of murder - as well as those who have been pursuing them, by bugging their homes, tapping their phones and posing as criminals wanting to do business.
 
In the early 1990s, shocked by the extent of corruption within its ranks, Scotland Yard secretly set up an Anti-corruption Unit. This volume describes how the Unit tried to combat the problem, the resistance it encountered, the subterfuges to which it resorted, and the effect its campaign has had on criminals and policemen alike. Graeme McLagan, the BBC's Home Affairs correspondent, has followed the career of the Unit from its inception. He has interviewed cops on both sides of the divide - those who have thieved, robbed, fitted up people, sold secret information to cripple court cases, and even been suspected of murder - as well as those who have been pursuing them, by bugging their homes, tapping their phones and posing as criminals wanting to do business.