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British crime firms; Founded: 19th century: Founding location: United Kingdom: Territory: United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain: Ethnicity: Predominantly White British (including Scottish and Irish) with other ethnicities including Turkish Cypriot, South Asian and Black British: Criminal activities
Organised crime groups. Britain has a number of traditional organised crime firms or local British crime families. Some of the most well known include the Kray twins, The Richardson Gang and Terry Adams Clerkenwell crime syndicate in London.
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List of British gangsters. This is a list of some organised crime figures within the underworld of the United Kingdom. One-time partner of Dutch drug czar Klass Bruinsma, he was allegedly head of the drugs division of the Bruinsma organisation during the 1980s.
NameLifeYears Active1947–19901970s – 1980sColin & David Gunnb. 20032003 – presentb. 19651985–20031912–19961930s – 1950sMay 9, 2024 · 9 May. Vincent Coggins is revealed for the first time as leader of the ultra-violent Liverpool crime group. By Bronagh Munro. BBC Panorama. More than 30 serious criminals have been jailed after...
Overview. Historically organized crime is a relatively new phenomenon in Britain that was only formally recognized by politicians and law enforcement in the 1980s and 1990s and emerged as a social problem that was heavily associated with transnationality (Hobbs 2013 ).
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May 18, 2015 · The picture of organised crime in the UK leans away from the traditional Mafia model towards conglomerations of career criminals who temporarily join with others to commit crimes until they...
Jan 7, 2024 · 6 January 2024. By Sonja Jessup,Home Affairs Correspondent, BBC London. Met Police. The Met says its three-and-a-half year operation resulted in more than 420 criminals being jailed. Det Ch Insp...