5 h. ago Close associate of Mark Richardson seen in bulletproof vest as gang feud intensifies

The individual is taking precautions to protect himself in case he is targeted amid threats of further violence.

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12 h. ago Cops fight back in gang war as 8 arrested amid attempted murder bid

A total of 20 arrests have now been made by police as they try and tackle the growing gangland turf war which started in Edinburgh and spread to Glasgow.

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34 h. ago Josh Mulligan on Rangers transfer radar as Ibrox spies identify key ingredient in Dundee starlet

The Ibrox side are on the brink of a takeover but are ramping up plans for next season

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65 h. ago Mr Big fuelling gang wars "desperate for a kill" as he names high

A hit-list has been drawn up from the leading members of the Daniel clan and Mark Richardson's mob.

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66 h. ago Mark Richardson hit squad identify two key targets in bid to take control of brutal gang war

The men from the Milton and Possilpark areas of Glasgow are believed to have been heavily involved in the firebombings recently.

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3 d. ago Ecuador region where Brit 'lynched and burned alive' locked in spiralling gang war

The Sucumbios region, where a reportedly Brit man was lynched on Easter Sunday, has been engulfed in flashes of violence that have previously swallowed Brit tourists

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3 d. ago Dejan Kulusevski 'so angry' as he slams Tottenham in scathing attack: 'Not good enough'

Kulusevski hit out at the club’s failure to assemble squad ready to compete on all fronts

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5 d. ago Police Scotland doing 'excellent job' tackling gang war, says Swinney

John Swinney backs cops as gang war rages on streets of Scotland.

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6 d. 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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6 d. ago Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timerman

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking outThe Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) maximum security prison in El Salvador is the crown jewel of President Nayib Bukele’s efforts to quash not only criminal gangs, but also criticism and political opposition to his government. The “mega-prison” is also one of the more visible destinations in the emerging map of American deportations – a sprawling archipelago that includes conservative US districts, the Guantánamo military base and Central American waypoints connected by a tangle of military and charter flights.That the two states have connected their penal architecture is no coincidence. Donald Trump’s aggressive policies towards foreigners build on Bukele’s infamous iron fist crackdown against criminal gangs: it’s a political toolkit that leverages anti-establishment anger to justify an authoritarian slide. In deploying strongman tactics to address social c...

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6 d. 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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7 d. ago A Correction: Who is mob boss Mark Richardson and how did kingpin spark Scotland's terrifying turf wars?

Correction to article titled "Who is mob boss Mark Richardson and how did kingpin spark Scotland's terrifying turf wars?"

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7 d. 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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7 d. 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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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Gangland feud returns to Edinburgh with force as two more homes targeted in war on Mark Richardson

Two more attacks are understood to have taken place following the blaze at David McMillan's house in Pitcairn Grove.

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8 d. 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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8 d. ago Chilling new gangland firebomb footage shows plush home of Mark Richardson's pal up in flames

David McMillan, an associate of gangster Mark Richardson, had his family home firebombed while children lay sleeping inside.

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8 d. ago Plush Edinburgh home firebombed as pal of gangster Mark Richardson targeted in fresh attack

The family home of David McMillan, an associate of gangster Mark Richardson, has been firebombed while children lay sleeping inside.

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8 d. ago Mob boss Mark Richardson paying Edinburgh army "huge track and trace bounty" to attack firebomb hitmen

The Edinburgh cocaine kingpin has hired a squad to take down the thugs responsible for the firebomb attacks in the city.

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