Ever since the collapse of the extradition treaty with the UK in the late970s, Spain's southern coastal strip of the Costa Del Sol has been a safeaven for criminals. The adventures of drug smuggler Howard Marks, the $6illion Security Express raid of 1983, involving Ronnie Knight and Cliffordaxe and the road rage murder by Kenneth Noye, are just some of the dramatictories in this thrilling compilation. But, Spain's unique status became ahing of the past when the government agreed to reinstate the treaty allowinghem to fast-track extraditions. These days, drug dealers are forced to makeuns over to the tip of Africa in nearby Morocco, some meeting gruesome endst the hands of rivals, and unscrupulous property barons who hatch dubiouseals to provide homes for the rapidly expanding population, much of which isade up of UK ex-pats. This is the fascinating history of the criminals'avourite playground.