Another chapter to the CHERUB series in which the agents go undercover to undermind the biggest drug organization in all of Britain KMG or Keith Moore's Gang. This book is interesting to me because it gets a look inside the life of kids who sell drugs. This in retrospect is a terrible thing but it is real. I myself can see the benefits to this. Kids want many things in life that they can't have for several reasons like they can't afford it or their parents wont get it for them. By selling drugs they earn a mass of money in which they can use for whatever they want.
There are several important things mentioned in this book that surround the idea of kids selling drugs. For one, dealers who supply kids are smart. For one law enforcement are less likely to suspect a child of selling drugs than an adult. Who would thing that a 12 year old with a backpack on is transporting drugs instead of carrying school books? In this book kids are supplied with cocaine and are delivery boys who deliver drugs to buyers homes on bikes. The kids get half of whatever they make so the money is good, which is why drug dealing is appealing in the first place. The book touches on another reason why kids do favors for drug dealers which is to look cool. To me the kids who do that are dumb since they are getting nothing for their service which could potentially earn them a lot of money. Another reason why dealers supply kids in the book is because the law tends to give kids lighter punishments than adults who are caught. Finally, a kid who sells drugs feom the time they are about 12 will gain a lot of customers by the time they reach 20 which will earn their supplier more money.
My favorite part of the book is when the main character James and his friend and fellow agent Kerry get robbed. The robbery is planned by Keith the head of the organization. He puts every kid who works with him through this test to see what they would do if they were to actually get robbed on the job like if they would run to the police because they are scared. James and Kerry were given 14 kilos of flour which they thought was cocaine and sent to deliver it at a bar. Upon arriving they were met by two young skin heads armed with knives. Using their martial arts training they disarmed the thugs but were met by a man with a sawn off shotgun who accompanied the thugs. They gang left with the agents "drugs" and the agents believing that they would jepoadize the mission by losing the drugs hunted the thief down and retrieved their package. This got them huge recognition from their boss and other dealers.
In the book it's believed that the missions CHERUBs go on are too risky and are intensely monitered by the British government. Their missions are reviewed by an ethics comitee where they are deemed ok or not ok. If bad guys like dealers actually use kids to sell drugs it would also be smart for law enforcement to actually use kids to bring down criminals for the same reason. No bad guy would think that a child is actually an undercover agent. This book explores the possibility of that and shows results. Even though it is fictional it could become a reality and help in many ways.
For example, cops have problems with gangs. The tougher gangs where each member is disciplined strictly are harder to penetrate by cops trying to take them down. If cops got kids to join them as undercover agents they could get more info than they ever could doing they ineffective things they currently do.
There are several important things mentioned in this book that surround the idea of kids selling drugs. For one, dealers who supply kids are smart. For one law enforcement are less likely to suspect a child of selling drugs than an adult. Who would thing that a 12 year old with a backpack on is transporting drugs instead of carrying school books? In this book kids are supplied with cocaine and are delivery boys who deliver drugs to buyers homes on bikes. The kids get half of whatever they make so the money is good, which is why drug dealing is appealing in the first place. The book touches on another reason why kids do favors for drug dealers which is to look cool. To me the kids who do that are dumb since they are getting nothing for their service which could potentially earn them a lot of money. Another reason why dealers supply kids in the book is because the law tends to give kids lighter punishments than adults who are caught. Finally, a kid who sells drugs feom the time they are about 12 will gain a lot of customers by the time they reach 20 which will earn their supplier more money.
My favorite part of the book is when the main character James and his friend and fellow agent Kerry get robbed. The robbery is planned by Keith the head of the organization. He puts every kid who works with him through this test to see what they would do if they were to actually get robbed on the job like if they would run to the police because they are scared. James and Kerry were given 14 kilos of flour which they thought was cocaine and sent to deliver it at a bar. Upon arriving they were met by two young skin heads armed with knives. Using their martial arts training they disarmed the thugs but were met by a man with a sawn off shotgun who accompanied the thugs. They gang left with the agents "drugs" and the agents believing that they would jepoadize the mission by losing the drugs hunted the thief down and retrieved their package. This got them huge recognition from their boss and other dealers.
In the book it's believed that the missions CHERUBs go on are too risky and are intensely monitered by the British government. Their missions are reviewed by an ethics comitee where they are deemed ok or not ok. If bad guys like dealers actually use kids to sell drugs it would also be smart for law enforcement to actually use kids to bring down criminals for the same reason. No bad guy would think that a child is actually an undercover agent. This book explores the possibility of that and shows results. Even though it is fictional it could become a reality and help in many ways.
For example, cops have problems with gangs. The tougher gangs where each member is disciplined strictly are harder to penetrate by cops trying to take them down. If cops got kids to join them as undercover agents they could get more info than they ever could doing they ineffective things they currently do.
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