By the close of the 18th century, 40% of the world’s slaves were transported on ships that were launched from Liverpool. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e1: Liverpool, Amazon 2024
The drugs that fuelled the combatants involved in these gangland brawls generally arrived in the UK on small boats. ibid.
Drug dealers such as Curtis Warren continued to flourish. ibid.
The most infamous group to emerge was the Peaky Blinders. They were responsible for a crime wave that often left the police powerless. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e2: Birmingham
B21: Burger Bar Boys v B6 Johnsons: gangs control the drugs trade in their neighbourhoods. ibid.
The troubles between Ireland and Britain date back to the 12th century … On both sides of the divide, resistance groups were formed who used extreme violence in support of their cause. Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e3: Alternative Ulster
26 unarmed innocent people were shot by members of the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment on that dreadful Sunday in 1972. ibid.
WANTED: These men, who were charged with serious terrorist offences, escaped from Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast, on the afternoon of Wednesday 10th June 1981: Sloan, Gerard; Fusco, Angelo; McKee, Michael A; Doherty, Joseph PT; Magee, Paul Patk; Sloan, Anthony Gerard; Campbell, RJ. ibid. poster
Welcome to Essex: Britain’s gangland frontier. Two of the county’s more infamous villains are Eddie and Billy Blundell. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e4: Essex
In 1993 I formed a partnership with Tony Tucker. With the rave music came drugs, and with Tony Tucker came Pat Tate. ibid.
High above the Old Bailey stands a Statue of Justice. She holds a Sword in her right hand and the Scales of Justice in her left. These days I’m not sure that the Sword of Justice is relevant. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e5: Live By the Sword
We should not turn our backs on victims just because of the company they keep. ibid.
1974: 21 were killed and 162 were injured when the IRA planted 2 bombs in 2 pubs and left without inadequate warning. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e6: Die By the Sword
We cling to the past because we fear the future. Fashion, families, gangsters and even the Lord’s gospel, little can be as it was. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e7: My Generation
In Britain there is a fascination with crime and criminals that is guaranteed with the help of the media. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s2e8: Cons to Icons
Call yourself a respectable businessman? You’re the biggest crook of the lot. Armchair Cinema: Tully starring Anthony Valentine, old lag to Tully, Thames TV 1975
The Covent Garden Robbery. You stand to lose two million sterling. Well, your company, that is. And I stand to lose ten per cent. ibid. Tully to semi-naked lady
This was no fire. See you in court. ibid. Tully to antiques dealer
London: The gangs are just as dangerous, just as violent … London has some of the highest crime rates in western Europe … According to police there are about 200 active gangs in London. Ross Kemp on Gangs s1e5: London, Sky 2006
There were 162 shootings in 2004 that left 18 people dead. ibid.
London is suffering an unprecedented wave of teen violence. Seven teenagers have been killed since the year began. I want to know what’s behind the violence and why children are using lethal weapons on each other. Ross Kemp on Gangs s2e5: South London, Sky 2006
In my day the youth gangs round here were groups of mates who had grown into petty crime together. ibid.
The Met estimates there are around 169 gangs with about 5,000 members in London. ibid.
Over two centuries its influence has spread across the globe. Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain I: The British Connection, History 2024
On 18th June 1982 a corpse was found under this bridge in central London. Details made the death suspicious. The body was identified as Roberto Calvi. Up until the death of Roberto Calvi it was assumed the Mafia had no business here. ibid.
Just how far does the Mafia’s tentacles spread throughout Britian? ibid.
[Gennaro] Panzuto only stayed at the caravan park for a few months. He soon upgraded to a three-bedroomed house on the outskirts of Preston … The armed police turned up. ibid.
‘An Aberdeen businessman has been accused of being the godfather of a Mafia crime gang and a catalogue of crimes including racketeering, extortion and violence.’ ibid. TV news
Charles Darby Sabini: ‘Blood and guts and brutal street smart’ … He wasn’t strictly Mafia … and his mother was Scottish. ibid.
On 21st March 1980 a major Philadelphia Mafia boss was assassinated. The motive for this brutal killing was unclear. Would Angelo Bruno’s death change the American Mob’s relationship with gangland Britain? Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain s1e2: US, History TV
With a link between the Mob and London casinos. How did the Mob’s operation in London work? And where did it lead? ibid.
‘They made billions of dollar on both sides of the ocean.’ ibid. Professor Nicaso
Woking, Surrey: An unlikely place for the Contrara-Caruana Mafia family to base its operation. ibid.
Francesco di Carlo, Franky ‘The Strangler’: A Mafia hitman originally suspected of the brutal and very public murder of Vatican banker Robert Calvi under Blackfriars Bridge. Iibid.
From the 1970s Britain was a vital part of the Mafia trafficking and money-laundering operation. Pushing heroin and illegal money in the United States. ibid.
On 30th April 1984 Colombia’s justice minister was shot dead in his car. The assassination had been ordered by the Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar. In response the Colombian government declared war on all the country’s cartels. In the chaos that followed, one cartel leader fled to Europe. And he established a drugs pipeline to organised crime groups in Europe. And created a new market. Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain s1e3: Colombia
The relationship between the Mafia, the United Kingdom and the cocaine trade. ibid.
‘In England there are many Ndrangheta.’ Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain s1e4: Italy, man in the know
The cartels started to send huge shipments of cocaine direct to Stephen in Europe … Stephen joined forces with other Britain gangsters and together they became Europe’s most prolific cocaine smugglers. ibid.
Hailing from Calabria in the south of Italy, the Ndrangheta are probably the least well known Mafia faction. ibid.
‘The Ndrangheta’s interests in the UK have figured prominently as clans have used the country as an investment and money-laundering base.’ Ross Kemp: Mafia & Britain s1e5, Italian prosecutor
[Beth]: Eleanor, this could work. This could be the cure. Temple II, flashback
It isn’t over. Beth, it isn’t over, OK? ibid. Daniel
It’s a clinic for people who can’t, or don’t want to, go in the system. ibid. Daniel to Anna
[Anna]: Why though?
[Daniel]: Because I can’t give up. I won’t give up. ibid.
[Jamie]: I’m sorry, Sebastian. I’m sorry, guys. Temple I, heist goes wrong, Sky 2019
Lee, I’ve been shot in my stomach. ibid. Jamie
Four Arrested In Depot Robbery, One Still Missing. ibid. Sky News banner
I’ve already told you, he’s [Jamie] a fucking friend of mine! ibid. Lee to Daniel
[Beth]: Eleanor, this could work. This could be the cure. Temple II, flashback
It isn’t over. Beth, it isn’t over, OK? ibid. Daniel
It’s a clinic for people who can’t, or don’t want to, go in the system. ibid. Daniel to Anna
[Anna]: Why though?
[Daniel]: Because I can’t give up. I won’t give up. ibid.
Just stay with the guy. It’s only a couple of hours. Temple III, Daniel to Lee