From drug smuggling to financial fraud, Londons portfolio of organised crime activities has actually been growing over the past decade. Also known as the "Torture Gang", they had a reputation as some of London's most sadistic gangsters. The international nature of crime and technology are probably the two biggest changes, says Steve Rodhouse, the NCAs head of operations. Dennis and Mehmet built up a reputation as serious armed robbers in the 1980s, hitting Securicor vans across the south east of England. The man who ordered the killing of the Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson was himself shot dead in an Amsterdam bar, a London inquest was told yesterday. MY 10 YEARS WITH ADAMS FAMILY; EXCLUSIVE An 'associate' lifts the lid Among the Mali Boys' turf is Walthamstow's Vallentin Road - dubbed "Britain's most dangerous street" thanks to a string of violent attacks including fatal shootings and arson. In the past, the city of London has been home to many neighbourhood family firms: criminal fraternities with charismatic leaders and fearsome reputations, which are able to branch out into different criminal markets. But the recruiting sergeants of the underworld poverty, greed, boredom, envy, peer pressure, glamour will never be short of volunteers, whether they live long enough to make a name for themselves or not. Muhamed Veliu, an Albanian investigative journalist, who knows London well, says that the Hellbanianz have been on the crime scene in east London for many years. Nowadays, there are believed to be more than 200 gangs in the capital, including Mali Boys, ACG and NPK. [17] The Siderno clans are part of the Commisso 'ndrina a crime family based in Calabria, Italy. But one ex-copper said: They believed they were untouchable but police operations over the years have revealed theyre not., Death row killer with fear of needles begs for new untried execution method, Girl, 5, cried out 'I've been good' as mother slashed her throat because she was 'evil', Twisted pair of killers cut up 'friend' and stuffed dismembered corpse into suitcase, World's 'most inhumane' jail where 'prisoners eat bodies of dead lags to survive', Head of the gang was Terry Adams who recently claimed he was estranged from his siblings. He was threatened with a machete and, once in the car, two plastic bags were put over his head and secured with an elastic band.
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