During the mid 1980s Howard marks had 43 Aliases, 89 phone lines and owned 25 companies trading throughout the world.
At the height of his creer he was smuggling consignments of up to 30 tons of marijuana, and had contact with organisations as diverse as MI6, the CIA, the IRA, and the Mafia. Following a worldwide operation by the drug enforcement agency, he was busted and sentenced to 25 years in prison at Terre Haute Penetentiary, Indiana. He was released in April 1995, after serving 7 years of his sentence. Told with hmour, charm and candour, Mr Nice is own extraordinary story.
