He was too charismatic and ruthless a businessman for them to ever have a chance of controlling him. They were both gaining financially from working with him. In that sense, they were part of this extended mafia family. A mafia family is not solely comprised of blood relatives.

I first met J.O.Williams, the Welsh Godfather, when playing with his grandson, Johnny Illslay, in the extensive grounds of the family home.

Neither Johnny nor I had any idea that his grand-dad was the ruthless mafia don that had succesfuuly outmanouevered the British and Canadian governments.

The True Story of a Welsh Godfather is intriguing from start to finish. There are interesting surprises at every turn of the page,

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