Snail Farmer of London, Mafia Friends, and a £20m Vendetta Against the Taxman
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The story of Terry Ball, a London snail farmer with alleged mafia connections, who is embroiled in a £20M dispute with the taxman, raises questions about the boundaries between legitimate business and organized crime.
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