30 m. 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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81 m. 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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9 h. ago Criminal gangs in China have made more than $1 billion by targeting Americans with annoying texts: report

Text message scammers use badgering texts to extract financial information then pay American gig workers to use stolen info to make purchases and send merchandise back to China

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42 h. ago Paedophile Ian Watkins ‘spent thousands on protection’ in jail before death

An imate said that the disgraced musician paid for protection with gangsters and others in the criminal underworld taking money off him.

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6 d. 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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8 d. ago Met police bust criminal gang behind smuggling of tens of thousands of phones stolen in London

Met police bust criminal gang behind smuggling of tens of thousands of phones stolen in London  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago War in Ukraine driving criminal gangs to target rural farm machinery for ‘lucrative rewards’

Organised crime gangs are suspected of stealing farm machinery to be trafficked out of the UK’s ports and destined for eastern Europe

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2 w. ago Jay Slater's criminal past explained as family hit back at criticism

Jay Slater was allegedly involved in a criminal gang of eight people, which carried out a violent machete attack against a man in Lancashire back in 2021

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2 w. ago 'Career criminal' acted as driver for gang targeting businesses across Greater Manchester

Danny Cawley has been locked up

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2 w. ago Gangland armourer who advertised machine guns to some of Britain's most terrifying criminals on EnchroChat and plotted to blind man with acid is jailed for 26 years

Philip Waugh armed organised crime groups across the UK with military grade weapons which he would flog on the now-defunct encrypted messaging platform Encrochat.

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2 w. ago Hackers reportedly steal details of 8,000 children from Kido nursery chain

Firm, which has 18 sites around London and more in US, India and China, has received ransom demand, say reportsThe names, pictures and addresses of about 8,000 children have reportedly been stolen from the Kido nursery chain by a gang of cybercriminals.The criminals have demanded a ransom from the company – which has 18 sites around London, with more in the US, India and China – according to the BBC. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hackers reportedly steal pictures of 8,000 children from Kido nursery chain

Firm, which has 18 sites around London and more in US, India and China, has received ransom demand, say reportsThe names, pictures and addresses of about 8,000 children have reportedly been stolen from the Kido nursery chain by a gang of cybercriminals.The criminals have demanded a ransom from the company – which has 18 sites around London, with more in the US, India and China – according to the BBC. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kido nursery cyber attack: Thousands of children's names, pictures and addresses stolen

The details of around 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain were accessed by a gang of cyber criminals, who are using the sensitive information to demand a ransom

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3 w. ago Trump administration designates Barrio 18 gang as foreign terrorist organization

The Trump administration has designated the Barrio 18 gang as a foreign terrorist organization, joining other Latin American criminal groups receiving the designation in recent months

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3 w. ago UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government criticsThe UN, human rights groups and media freedom watchdogs have condemned reports that Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist, was sentenced to jail for the second time last week.Zhang, 42, is thought to have stood trial in Shanghai on Friday on a charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a charge often used in China to target critics of the government. Western diplomats were reportedly turned away from observing the trial. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Putin 'driving migration to UK' to 'overwhelm' after 1000 entered on small boats yesterday

Political sources say Russia and Belarus are using the UK's immigration dilemma to their advantage, aiming to drive an influx of migrants over the border using criminal smuggling gangs

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3 w. ago China IS spying on Parliament, warns CPS... despite dropping case against suspected agents

A senior figure in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told an MP the research group she led was 'targeted by China' as a means of 'obtaining information' on Government policies.

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3 w. ago Louis Tomlinson fooled by criminal gang in huge Doncaster Rovers fraud plot

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson once had ambitions to buy part of his beloved football club, Doncaster Rovers, without realising that the backers in the takeover involved a group of fraudsters

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3 w. ago Louis Tomlinson duped by criminal gang in £6m Doncaster Rovers fraud plot

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson was the face of the failed takeover of Doncaster Rovers, but the pop legend was duped by a gang of fraudsters involved in the bid

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3 w. ago Calls made for an inquiry after China spy case is dropped, amid fears it has made Britain a 'soft target'

Calls for an inquiry into the dropping of a China spy case grew yesterday amid fears it has made Britain a 'soft target' for enemy states.

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