Man seriously injured by Glasgow gang | Scotland | STV News

Man seriously injured by Glasgow gang | Scotland | STV News: "Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked and seriously injured in the south side of Glasgow on Friday.The 37-year-old man was getting out of his car in Elder Street near to its junction with Luath Street when he was attacked by a group of four men at around 5.30pm.They then made off in a silver car - possibly an Audi - in the direction of Govan Road.The victim was...

new Fat Freddie war erupts - City News, National News - Herald.ie

ERU on streets as new Fat Freddie war erupts - City News, National News - Herald.ie: "ARMED gardai have been deployed to south Dublin after gang boss Fat Freddie ordered a sickening attack on one of his own lieutenants.Heavily armed units from the Emergency Response Unit have been running checkpoints across Crumlin and Drimnagh to quell gangland tensions.A row has erupted within the ranks of Fat Freddie Thompson's drug trafficking gang which threatens...

Birdman Robert O’Hara has agreed to cough up £130,000 in crime profits | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News

Birdman Robert O’Hara has agreed to cough up £130,000 in crime profits | The Sun |Home Scotland|Scottish News: "FORMER high-living crime boss who 'terrorised a whole area' of a city yesterday agreed to cough up £130,000 in crime profits.Robert O'Hara, known as the Birdman, has a month to pay the cash after he settled a Crown case to sieze hiss assets.The High Court in Edinburgh heard O'Hara, 33, made £268,600 from his criminal empire but a confiscation...

£40,000 worth of cocaine found in birthday card

BBC News - £40,000 worth of cocaine found in birthday card: "More than £40,000 worth of cocaine has been discovered in a birthday card by UK Border Agency officers in Belfast. The card containing the class A drug was posted in South Africa to an address in Glengormley.A 21-year-old woman was arrested and later released on bail in connection with the incide...

OFT acts on debt recovery measures

The Press Association: OFT acts on debt recovery measures: "Action has been taken against four lenders that took steps to have unsecured debts customers were struggling to pay secured against their homes.The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has imposed requirements on Alliance & Leicester Personal Finance, American Express Services Europe, HFC Bank, part of HSBC, and Welcome Financial Services, which is part of sub-prime lender Cattles, following...

Four arrests after £1.5m gold stolen

UTV News - Four arrests after £1.5m gold stolen: "Police say a Europe-wide operation was launched after two separate shipments of gold and computer parts were stolen in November 2009.Four other men were charged with fraud, deception and handling stolen goods in connection with the theft in June.Police say the searches which led to the arrests are ongoi...

BBC News - Murder probe in Sunningdale after van stopped by police

BBC News - Murder probe in Sunningdale after van stopped by police: "murder inquiry has started after a man died soon after armed police chased and stopped a van in Berkshire.The man died in London Road, Sunningdale, near Ascot, after being found inside the van which was stopped by officers at about 1400 GMT.Four other men inside the van, who attempted to escape, were arrested on suspicion of murder.Thames Valley Police said officers had been looking...

Man murdered in street shooting - a set on Flickr

Man murdered in street shooting - a set on Fli...

streets in London where somebody died as a result of a shooting. London's Gun Crime - Londonist

Photo Project Documents London's Gun Crime - Londonist: "Dissatisfied with press reports of shootings in the capital, photographer James Davies decided to document these incidents in his own way. His series of 12 images captures the 'utterly ordinary places where the extraordinary...

Disabled prisoner to be paid £20,000 for discrimination at Belmarsh | United Kingdom Society News

Disabled prisoner to be paid £20,000 for discrimination at Belmarsh | United Kingdom Society News: "Ministry concedes discrimination against wheelchair-using prisoner who initially received no help in toilet or bathroomThe prison service is to pay out £20,000 in damages to a prisoner who uses a wheelchair in compensation for the “degrading” treatment he received while in Belmarsh jail in London.The Ministry of Justice conceded the claim for disability...

Surgeons to aid Met Police knife crime fight - Glasgow News

Surgeons to aid Met Police knife crime fight - Glasgow News: "Surgeons and police officers have agreed at a conference in London to work together to reduce the harm caused by knife injuries.The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland [ASGBI] and Metropolitan Police shared techniques to reduce serious injury from knives.They agreed to provide stab injury training for surgeons and share data on locations and types of knives used.The Ministry...

Scots gang's waterboard torture of drugs thief rival - The Daily Record

Scots gang's waterboard torture of drugs thief rival - The Daily Record: "Scots gangsters are using 'waterboarding' terror tactics to torture rivals.Hardened crooks have copied the CIA-style interrogation technique where water is poured on to a cloth covering the victim's mouth and nose to simulate drowning.We can reveal that a leading member of one of Scotland's most notorious crime clans was tortured by a rival gang using the shock tactics last...

Hells Angels sensed a traitor infiltrated their ranks, court hears | Canada | News | London Free Press

Hells Angels sensed a traitor infiltrated their ranks, court hears | Canada | News | London Free Press: "Police shut down an undercover operation against Toronto's Hells Angels when the outlaw bikers sensed a traitor infiltrated their ranks, a Superior Court jury heard on Monday.David Atwell, an executive officer with the motorcycle club, worked secretly as an undercover paid police agent for 18 months, Crown Attorney Tanit Gilliam said in her opening...

Bent Lancashire police officer jailed for 11 years (From Burnley and Pendle Citizen)

Bent Lancashire police officer jailed for 11 years (From Burnley and Pendle Citizen): "FORMER police Sergeant branded a 'criminal in uniform' by his bosses has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years. Ex-Nelson officer Salim Razaq, 33, plotted to scupper his brother Hafiz's kidnap and assault trial by threatening witnesses, collected in drugs debts, unlawfully searched the police computer system and stashed lethal sub machine guns at his house. Judge...

major crackdown on violent crime.

SPECIALIST police squads swooped on houses across Inverclyde and made a string of arrests in a major crackdown on violent crime.Five people were arrested during the early morning raids in Greenock and Port Glasgow.The joint operation — which targeted 29 addresses — was led by officers from ‘K’ Division and involved CID officers from Crime Division, the Gangs Taskforce and Domestic Abuse Taskforce.More than 40 officers were deployed and, when necessary,...

courts have now handed jail terms totalling more than 63 years to William Byrne and 14 crooks linked to his gang

The courts have now handed jail terms totalling more than 63 years to William Byrne and 14 crooks linked to his gang. A 16th man is awaiting sentence.Byrne, 25, and his henchmen smuggled cocaine from the Caribbean and bought and sold drugs all over Scotland. They also distributed guns and cash.The Mr Big used couriers - or "mules" - to keep his hands clean, and told the taxman he had earned less than £5000 since 2002. But he lived in luxury in a...

Adam Alcock was one of a 16-strong gang that cut and sold the class A drug in Merseyside and Dundee.

Drug gang member who ferried cash and heroin jailed for four years - Maghull Star: "DRUG gang member who ferried heroin and cash around Liverpool was jailed for four years.Adam Alcock was one of a 16-strong gang that cut and sold the class A drug in Merseyside and Dundee.Surveillance officers eavesdropped on the gang for nine months in 2009 as they cut the drugs, hid them inside their bodies and ferried them north of the border where they used addicts...

Gangland Britain, From tea and crumpets to guns and grenades… | Street Gangs Resource Center

Gangland Britain, From tea and crumpets to guns and grenades… | Street Gangs Resource Center: "Ten years ago, the idea that the likes of the Bloods, the Crips and the Latin Kings would one day extend their tentacles overseas to the United Kingdom would have been met with scorn and disbelief. Whereas Britain has always had its fair share of criminal activity, there is a clear distinction between organised crime groups and American-style territorial...