12 JUNE 1982, page 10

The Vesco Law

Patrick Marnham San Jose, Costa Rica I first became aware of the police in this friendly but rain-sodden country when two uniformed men armed with sub Machine guns sauntered......

The Taxi Defence

Nicholas von Hoffman Washington O n the evening of 15 February 1933 a little man, with chronic ulcers and wild ideas, pulled a gun from his pocket and emptied its chambers in......