2 h. ago Police response to grooming gangs faces ‘significant challenges’, watchdog says

Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley said force had a ‘steady flow’ of ongoing investigations

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27 h. ago Woman shot dead on doorstep victim of rival crime gangs 'clash', court hears

Joanne Penny was shot in the chest in what the prosecution say was part of a turf war between rival drug dealers

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4 d. ago Russian spies 'linked to smuggling gangs trafficking migrants across English Channel'

Bulgaria’s Home Secretary claims his government has evidence of direct links between Russia’s foreign intelligence agency and the organised crime gangs helping people to cross Europe illegally

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5 d. ago Bungling Louvre crime gang dropped piece of stolen jewellery during museum heist

A group of 'professional thieves' ended up dropping one of the items after they carried out a heist at the Louvre, one of the world's most iconic museums, stealing millions of pounds-worth of jewellery

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5 d. ago Organised crime gang steal priceless jewels from the Louvre in seven minute raid

The Louvre has been evacuated after a reported robbery at the world's largest art museum in Paris.

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5 d. ago Drug crime and fatal overdoses surging in Scotland as gangs tighten their stranglehold

It comes after the Sunday Mail revealed that a spirilling drugs crisis is devastating lives with UK county lines criminal gangs moving into the Highlands.

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5 d. ago Crime gangs tighten stranglehold in Scotland as drug crime and fatal overdoses surge

It comes after the Sunday Mail revealed that a spirilling drugs crisis is devastating lives with UK county lines criminal gangs moving into the Highlands.

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7 d. ago Edinburgh crime: Terrifying moment masked gang seen brandishing arm

The police said the gang members could not be traced.

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8 d. ago ‘Industrial scale crime’: British police bust gang sending stolen iPhones abroad; 80,000 phone thefts in

‘Industrial scale crime’: British police bust gang sending stolen iPhones abroad; 80,000 phone thefts in  The Times of India

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9 d. ago Notorious gangster Dave Courtney died penniless and without a will after taking his own life at the age of 64

Courtney, who claimed to be an associate of 1960s gangland criminals the Kray twins, swapped an earlier life of crime for writing books in his later years.

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9 d. ago Celebrity gangster Dave Courtney died penniless and without a will after taking his own life at the age of 64

Courtney, who claimed to be an associate of 1960s gangland criminals the Kray twins, swapped an earlier life of crime for writing books in his later years.

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1 week ago Recruitment worker, 32, who took fatal overdose was unlawfully killed by her abusive on

Georgia Barter, 32, was subjected to 'coercion', 'control' and 'gender-based' violence over the course of her relationship with Thomas Bignell.

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1 week ago 'Deeply unfair': Anger as breast cancer patients in Scotland denied 'promising' drug approved by NHS England

A drug that has been approved for use by the NHS in England has been rejected in Scotland

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1 week ago Georgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partner

A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find himOn 26 April 2020 Georgia Barter, a long-term victim of domestic abuse, died in hospital after taking a fatal overdose of painkillers. Last week, in an extraordinary verdict, a coroner ruled that Georgia, 32, was unlawfully killed by her abusive partner.A court heard how GPs, nurses and police officers all had chances to intervene in Thomas Bignell’s violent campaign against Georgia, but failed to do so. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Moment cops use chainsaw to break down gangster's front door as 12 mobsters from Merseyside organised crime group are jailed for more than 100 years

The mobsters were part of an organised crime group where three firearms, ammunition, cash and £100,000 worth of cocaine were found at their addresses and in cars Litherland, Merseyside.

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2 w. ago Hundreds of drug dealers 'walking free' across Scotland over claims of court delays

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accused John Swinney of being unable to "run a court system that sends drug dealers to prison".

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2 w. ago The armed robber who went straight: John McAvoy was born into the criminal life. Here’s how he escaped it

His stepfather was a serious criminal. His uncle was one of the Brink’s-Mat heist gang. McAvoy followed them into crime – and into prison. Then one day in the gym he discovered the talent, drive, support and friendship that changed everything John McAvoy sat in a holding cell in Belmarsh prison, waiting to be processed, plotting his escape. It was 2007, he was 24, and he had been arrested for firearms offences and conspiracy to commit robbery. He knew he was facing a long stretch inside, having previously served three years for possession of a firearm. He also knew his only chance of running was through the hospital wing, so had spent the day lying to guards, pretending that he had sustained a concussion during his arrest. When the holding cell doors opened, he figured that’s where he was going. Instead, he was cuffed and led away to a high-security unit (HSU).When McAvoy laid eyes on the unit, the magnitude of his situation hit home. “I thought: ‘I’m not going to see daylight for a...

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2 w. ago Boy, 14, arrested over gang knife fight near train station in west London

Witnesses were left shocked by the brawl on Hounslow Road in Feltham

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2 w. ago Phone snatching network behind one in four thefts in London targeted in police crackdown

An organised crime gang was behind ‘industrial scale’ theft of phones being shipped to China, Met Police say

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2 w. ago Squalid drug den with tree covered in dirty heroin syringes is discovered just yards away from Scotland's only 'safe' consumption room

Laying bare the extent of Glasgow's substance crisis, a disturbing video showed the drug-taking hotspot in grim detail with needles, spoons and other drug paraphernalia strewn over the ground.

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