Shandon Par Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 The Corsa craze continues. If you see one, run for your life. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/attempted-murder-probe-launched-after-man-34-struck-by-car-which-mounted-edinburgh-pavement-3364318 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 The police are going to have to do something drastic about all these residential attacks. This would be far fetched on The Sopranos. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Detournement said: The police are going to have to do something drastic about all these residential attacks. This would be far fetched on The Sopranos. Police can rule out Eddie Stobart being involved though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Member of the Daniel family attacked with a machete at his work. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-recycling-centre-machete-attack-21552146 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 There's a car on my usual running route that has always pissed me off by being parked on the same corner right up on the pavement so that you have to squeeze past it. Ran by there the other day and it was completely burnt out with no damage to anything else around. Unless there's another disgruntled runner out there I assumed this was some small-time crime related activity.Still, hopefully it'll shave a good 10 seconds off my PB. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 21 hours ago, RawB93 said: Member of the Daniel family attacked with a machete at his work. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-recycling-centre-machete-attack-21552146 Was he working as a binman? Who says crime doesn't pay? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, craigkillie said: There's a car on my usual running route that has always pissed me off .... Ran by there the other day and it was completely burnt out with no damage to anything else around. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Member of the Daniel family attacked with a machete at his work. https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-recycling-centre-machete-attack-21552146I tried to go to the dump on Sunday afternoon but it was closed and the guy on the gate said it was due to a police incident. Obviously I didn't expect this. The Sun's report was a bit more dramatic, saying he worked there and was attacked because of he's related to. Four guys went in, held him down and hacked at his head, body and legs with a machete. A witness said it was a bloodbath. I'm amazed anyone stayed to witness it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Some details from one of the tabloid reports are that the man recently murdered in Glasgow had been socialising with members of the Lyons gang when he was killed. Could be some more tit-for-tat killings starting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur daley Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: I tried to go to the dump on Sunday afternoon but it was closed I presume you done the correct thing and fly tipped it on the way home in a lay-by or country lane . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) "Waste management" gained fame as a euphamism for organised crime after the Sopranos, where one of Tony Soprano's main rackets was control of recycling and trash haulage in New Jersey. It's long been a very reliable source of income for US based gangsters and one that's grown in recent years with new environmental regulations increasing the cost of waste disposal. In Italy, specifically Naples, waste management is a massive business for the local gangs, some of the land around Campania is extremely polluted due to the illegal dumping of toxic waste. The Camorra is even alleged to have disposed of large quantities of toxic industrial waste by sailing shipments of it to the Somali coast and sinking the ships. Essentially the way these scams all work is that businesses linked to organised crime obtain contracts to dispose of hazardous waste properly but then just dump it illegally. The gangs then pocket the cash without havign to spend it on proper disposal. It's becoming increasingly common in the UK and it's interesting that someone who is a known criminal who was released from prison recently for drug dealing is employed in a city council waste management facility. Was he on the public payroll? His uncle ran a scrap yard as a front business for heroin dealing, is that ongoing? Article about this subject from last year - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/What-is-organised-crime-doing-disposing-of-rubbish Pertinent part to Scotland Quote The lack of concern from central government is astonishing and alarming. A decade ago, Scottish police investigating a taxi company owned by a well-known (and very violent) gangster were surprised to discover that the taxi company had been given a contract worth more than £2 million by NHS Glasgow to take patients to and from hospitals. The discovery was particularly surprising as Glasgow police had warned Glasgow NHS that the taxi company was linked to organised crime. The incident upset several senior Glasgow police inspectors. They wondered how many public sector contracts in Scotland were being awarded to what were either straightforwardly criminal enterprises or linked to companies that were ultimately controlled by criminals. So they obtained Scotland’s public sector procurement database, which lists each good or service that is purchased with the roughly £11 billion worth of public money that is spent every year in Scotland. The inspectors matched the information up with Police Scotland’s list of individuals and companies known to be involved in organised crime. They were shocked by what they found: a significant portion — perhaps as much as 10 per cent — of the amount being spent every year on the purchase of services by the public sector in Scotland was going to criminal organisations. And that was just the companies known to the police. Their own list was not a comprehensive index of every criminal enterprise, and they knew it. But even using that list, it was clear that tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money was being handed to criminals. Local councils, the NHS and other government agencies were purchasing transport, security, waste disposal and other services from criminal gangs. Criminals were growing rich on public sector contracts. Edited September 15, 2021 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, ICTChris said: "Waste management" gained fame as a euphamism for organised crime after the Sopranos, where one of Tony Soprano's main rackets was control of recycling and trash haulage in New Jersey. It's long been a very reliable source of income for US based gangsters and one that's grown in recent years with new environmental regulations increasing the cost of waste disposal. In Italy, specifically Naples, waste management is a massive business for the local gangs, some of the land around Campania is extremely polluted due to the illegal dumping of toxic waste. The Camorra is even alleged to have disposed of large quantities of toxic industrial waste by sailing shipments of it to the Somali coast and sinking the ships. Essentially the way these scams all work is that businesses linked to organised crime obtain contracts to dispose of hazardous waste properly but then just dump it illegally. The gangs then pocket the cash without havign to spend it on proper disposal. It's becoming increasingly common in the UK and it's interesting that someone who is a known criminal who was released from prison recently for drug dealing is employed in a city council waste management facility. Was he on the public payroll? His uncle ran a scrap yard as a front business for heroin dealing, is that ongoing? Scottish gangs have been busy dumping HGVs full of waste in Lanarkshire for a wee while now. “Win” a contract from a council, take the waste away in an old/stolen truck then just park it at the side of the road. Probably not that much of a surprise a gangland figure walks into a council job when you have a top council official running about in a cloned car; a speciality of some Glasgow crime operations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I presume you done the correct thing and fly tipped it on the way home in a lay-by or country lane . It's in Maryhill with a canal beside it - didn't need to go that far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 If you read books about the classic era of 20th century gangsters in the US, loads of them had 'city jobs'. There's an anecdote in one book I read about the Chicago Outfit, where a notorious hitman was arrested for assault and within a few minutes a number of city and union officials showed up at the police station demanding he be released. This is a guy who was undoubtedly responsible for dozens of murders - he died of cancer before he could be charged for them. Mad that the same sort of thing, maybe less dramatically, is happening here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 36 minutes ago, ICTChris said: His uncle ran a scrap yard as a front business for heroin dealing, is that ongoing? When you go to the scrappie for heroin do you need to buy something else to make it look genuine? It'd look a bit suspicious, all the customers walking out with car parts and throwing them away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 There's a scrap yard in Possil that has been there as long as I can remember and I've driven past it loads of times as it's on the main road. I can't remember ever seeing anyone going in and always wondered how it survives. I'm starting to get an idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: If you read books about the classic era of 20th century gangsters in the US, loads of them had 'city jobs'. There's an anecdote in one book I read about the Chicago Outfit, where a notorious hitman was arrested for assault and within a few minutes a number of city and union officials showed up at the police station demanding he be released. This is a guy who was undoubtedly responsible for dozens of murders - he died of cancer before he could be charged for them. Mad that the same sort of thing, maybe less dramatically, is happening here. Same thing happened in Baltimore, the cops busted a guy carrying cash out of a tower block and before any charges could be brought those with power had facilitated his release and let him keep the cash. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 29/07/2021 at 12:37, Shandon Par said: Handy guide to who is who. Well, apart from a glaring omission… https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/everything-you-wanted-know-scotlands-24639947 Who? (PM if not for public consumption) PS - If it’s someone well known with books and films don’t bother but I’m guessing you are talking about someone I don’t know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie adie Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 07/09/2021 at 23:51, tamthebam said: Police can rule out Eddie Stobart being involved though. Apparently the driver found out his missus was having an affair 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 15/09/2021 at 09:48, Shandon Par said: Scottish gangs have been busy dumping HGVs full of waste in Lanarkshire for a wee while now. “Win” a contract from a council, take the waste away in an old/stolen truck then just park it at the side of the road. Probably not that much of a surprise a gangland figure walks into a council job when you have a top council official running about in a cloned car; a speciality of some Glasgow crime operations. The injured comes from a big family and some have normal jobs. Think he leads a quiet life and was attacked because of his name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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