Why no British organised crime?

[Ayahuasca]

Well, not proper organised crime. Best we can do is some East End cheekie chappie types and maybe a transplanted Yardie or two.

Other countries have proper gangs / mafias / cartels/ etc.

Why don't the Brits?

[Rollin]

Do you live in the countryside?

[GTIR]

The Telegraph have been reporting about it all week.

[Funk]

GTIR said:

The Telegraph have been reporting about it all week.

Very good!

[ShadownINja]

GTIR said:

The Telegraph have been reporting about it all week.

[XXVIII]

...depends what part of Britain you're talking about and what you mean by 'British'.

Do the acronyms UVF and UDA mean anything to you, or, to stretch a point the (P)IRA and other such 'invisible and unreported' organised criminal groups not count as 'British' if they're within the UK as well as the Cosa MossSide and Yakusarf'lunnun?

[Toobin]

I'm happy to head up a gang ... now who wants to join up and do all the nasty stuff for me

[Ganglandboss]

Ayahuasca said:

Other countries have proper gangs / mafias / cartels/ etc.

Why don't the Brits?

Because the last Brit to ask 'Do ya wanna be in my gang' got locked up for kiddie fiddling.

[Uhura_Fighter]

Are you aware of Manchester and Liverpool.

£40 billion industry

[Toobin]

Uhura_Fighter said:

Are you aware of Manchester and Liverpool.

£40 billion industry

dam it ... ok first job for new recruits .... take over this gangs patch ... send me money when that's been done and await next instructions ... easy this gang stuff

[LeeThePeople]

Manchester certainly has its share, if you have trouble its pointless calling the police when the Noonan family will look after you instead. They are pretty much in jail or dead now but people still operate under the Noonan name.

There's the Cheetham Hill gang if you want racketeering or women, Gooch gang if you want drugs or guns. Either will kill in a heartbeat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Noonan

Edited by LeeThePeople on Thursday 21st May 23:11

[Simpo Two]

To have organised crime you need a large number of smart, corrupt people.

All our smart, corrupt people are in the House of Commons (and now Lords as well)

[esselte]

Simpo Two said:

To have organised crime you need a large number of smart, corrupt people.

All our smart corrupt people are in the House of Commons (and now Lords as well)

EFA maybe?

[Ayahuasca]

So the Noonnan's controlled doormen and sold hooky weapons and - according to the wiki link - developed ties with the underworld of ..... Leamington Spa! Still a bit junior league isn't it.

[whitechief]

Never heard of the Adams family?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerkenwell_crime_syn...

[JonRB]

And the Johnsons too

[.R2D2]

Simpo Two said:

To have organised crime you need a large number of smart, corrupt people.

All our smart, corrupt people are in the House of Commons (and now Lords as well)

Show's how much you know. The House of Commons is just a front to the world of real crime.

[Nolar Dog]

LeeThePeople said:

Manchester certainly has its share, if you have trouble its pointless calling the police when the Noonan family will look after you instead. They are pretty much in jail or dead now but people still operate under the Noonan name.

There's the Cheetham Hill gang if you want racketeering or women, Gooch gang if you want drugs or guns. Either will kill in a heartbeat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Noonan

Dessie was one of the nicest guys I've ever met.
I used to drink with him and Dom in the Jolly Carter in Droylsden.

RIP Des.

Hi Dom if you're reading, you big fairy.

Edited by Nolar Dog on Friday 22 May 00:50

[JonRB]

Okay. Now I see what Nolar Dog means when she said she had a dodgy past.

[Coq au Vin]

Simple. Organised crime requires people to be organised. This is why there is no organised crime in Britian.