5 h. ago Chilling new gang war video threatens 'stage two' amid fears of escalating attacks

Thugs connected with the Dubai-based ‘Mr Big’ have released a video which suggests the severity of attacks across Scotland’s central belt could worsen.

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12 h. ago Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportation of Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act

Trump administration has accused group of being gang members and wants to deport them under 18th-century wartime law

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15 h. ago Dubai Mr Big fuelling UK gang wars 'is working with world's biggest cocaine cartels'

A Scottish cocaine baron who fled to Dubai years ago is reportedly working with some of the biggest cartels in the world, while gang violence he fuelled rips through Scotland

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22 h. ago John Swinney urged to host summit on tackling organised crime in Scotland as gang war rages

A growing turf war between rival gangs of drug dealers has escalated across Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent weeks.

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22 h. ago Dubai Mr Big fuelling gang wars in Scotland "working with biggest cocaine cartels in world"

The Dubai-based gangster fled Scotland after the Encrochat group was cracked by cops but his operation has since grown massively.

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36 h. ago Cops fight back in gang war as gun seized and three people arrested

Two men and a teenage girl have been arrested as police try and tackle the growing gangland turf war which started in Edinburgh and spread to Glasgow.

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46 h. ago Cops struggling to stop gang war escalating as union warn "more lives at risk"

David Kennedy, General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has called for investment in frontline policing as staffing shortages make it hard for officers to respond.

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54 h. ago Murder trial of man, 37, accused of shooting dead girl, 17, in 'tit

Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, 17, was murdered in a drive-by shooting, just weeks before her 18th birthday, in Tottenham, north London back in 2018.

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60 h. ago Who is mob boss Mark Richardson and how did kingpin spark Scotland's terrifying turf wars?

A look at who Mark Richardson is and how Scotland's gang war has been fuelled as firebombing continues across the country.

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3 d. ago US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations

Federal judge opens proceedings over administration’s use of wartime act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang membersUS politics live – latest updatesA federal judge ruled on Wednesday that there was probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt for violating his temporary injunction that barred the use of the Alien Enemies Act wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.More details to come Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Chinese husband and wife are executed with gunshots to the head as Triad gang war erupts in Rome

Zhang Dayong, 53, dubbed 'Asheng,' was found dead alongside his partner Gong Xiaoqing, 38, outside their home in an eastern Roman neighbourhood, according to Italian police.

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3 d. ago Cops issue over 30 'threat to life' warnings in two years as gang wars spark fear of risk to public

Latest figures show there has been a huge increase in the number of individuals considered to be in danger being issued with letters or notices.

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4 d. ago The crime kingpins fuelling Scotland's vicious gang wars as violence sweeps through major cities

A look at the crime kingpins fuelling Scotland's gang war as firebombing continues across the country.

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4 d. ago Firebombed Daniel crime clan family homes captured in shocking images as turf war rages on

The latest attacks come amid an escalating gang war in Scotland's two largest cities.

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5 d. ago Gang war cops hunting balaclava thugs and SUV after pensioner and child linked to Daniel clan attacked in Glasgow

A 72-year-old woman and 12-year-old boy suffered significant injuries after being caught in the crossfire of a violent gang war that's erupted across Scotland.

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5 d. ago Gang releases video of 'virus' enemy's torched house as they warn 'to be continued'

Two properties were firebombed as ongoing an gang war spirals out of control – the rival gang has vowed to 'exterminate' enemies and declared 'To be continued...' after the attack

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6 d. ago Glasgow gang war sees elderly woman and child assaulted in home

The assault was on a 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy

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7 d. ago 'Narco terrorist' drug wanted by the FBI is accused of flooding Britain with heroin and fuelling gang war that saw girl, nine, gunned down in drive

Naji Sharifi Zindashti is wanted by the US intelligence service for his alleged 'involvement in criminal activities'.

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8 d. ago Dramatic moment Coast Guard swoops on drug cartel smuggling $500m of cocaine and marijuana

The US Coast Guard seized more than 48,000 pounds of illegal drugs valued at just over $500 million on Jan. 6, just off the coast of Ecuador.

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9 d. ago Airdrie whisky workers on the picket line after pay talks break down

GMB Scotland, one of the biggest unions in the whisky industry, said the strike at Inver House Distillers had the overwhelming support of workers after rejection of a three per cent pay offer.

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