The Richardson Gang was an English crime gang based in South London, England in the 1960s. Follow the Long Read on Twitter at @gdnlongread, and sign up to the long read weekly email here. During the brawl, he knocked out a well-known enforcer for a South London gang who had insulted an Italian barmaid. The organisation is said to be behind at least 25 murders, and their wealth reportedly amassed a 200 million fortune through their brutal trade of murder, extortion, robbery and drug trafficking, The Sun reports. For money laundering, of all things. Another well-known London crime family is the Clerkenwell crime syndicate in Islington, also known as the 'Adams family'. Hamza Ul Haq, 21, of Manor Park, Loic Nengese, 19, of Walthamstow, and a 16-year-old boy were handed life sentences for his murder. London's crime families are more territorial, but can be internationally active in money . Other British criminals have also cast their nets wide during the past two decades. O ne of London's most notorious gangsters was jailed today for his role in a drug dealing network which operated from a car tyre shop in Brixton. Read our. Foreman, who made his name with the Krays in the 1960s, now lives in sheltered accomodation in west London. before attacking a female police officer. The brothers grew up together in Camberwell and later terrorised the city in the 1960s. Nowadays, there are believed to be more than 200 gangs in the capital, including Mali Boys, ACG and NPK. The 2002 Proceeds of Crime Act and its increasing use against career criminals has meant that illicit incomes can be seized. There are almost 5,000 criminal gangs in the UK. According to the Sun, one insider said: If you were doing a job and you had the Adams family behind you, even just the name, it meant no one was going to f**k about with you, everyone would know they were going to get paid and everything would go as smoothly as possible.. Tommy Adams was also jailed in 2017 for laundering nearly a quarter of a million pounds, landing him a seven-year stretch. The Richardson Gang, or the 'Torture Gang' (nice) was founded and run by the Richardson brothers, Charlie and Eddie. One Mayfair businessman, who, after losing the Adams 1.5million in a bad deal, was left so badly injured that his nose and ear were left hanging off. Once at their destination, they will be locked in a premises and made to tend the cannabis plants, by watering them and ensuring the lighting is on. The international nature of crime and technology are probably the two biggest changes, says Steve Rodhouse, the NCAs head of operations. In the past there have been The Kray Twins, The Richardson Gang and Hoxton Mob. Nowadays, there are believed to be more than 200 gangs in the capital, including Mali Boys, ACG and NPK. Pretty much all of the NCAs most significant high-harm operations now involve people, commodities or money transferring across international borders. By seeing such photos, they think the streets of UK are paved with gold Bizarrely, despite the fact they are in the prison, they show the outside world photos of their life behind the bars. He said that there was a concern that the British media stereotyped all Albanians as criminals but, he added, the 2006 Securitas robbery, in which two Albanians played key roles in the theft of 53m from a depot in Kent, was regarded with some national pride back home. The underworlds modus operandi has shifted in the past quarter century. 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. Use of the drug has been increasing in the city since 2011 and in 2017 the London Metropolitan Police warned that drug dealers and organised crime groups had started using bitcoin ATMs to launder money without leaving cash trails. Do you have a story? The five killers who were jailed, and two unknown individuals, were armed with at least five knives, including a machete and a small sword, a handgun and a shotgun. Donkoh, of Ixworth Place, Chelsea was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years' imprisonment. While the Kray twins brand continues as the underworlds equivalent of Marks & Spencer a framed letter from Ronnie Kray in Broadmoor is currently on offer on eBay for 650 changes in the law have made criminals less prepared to boast about past crimes. Before being sentenced to seven years in jail for money laundering, Terry profited hugely from crime and he enjoyed luxury holidays and was known to splash out on cars and even a yacht.
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