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Monday, 22 November 2010

grandpa gangsters - Herald Scotland | Comment | Tom Shields

Tom Shields on ... grandpa gangsters - Herald Scotland | Comment | Tom Shields: "Snowy-haired Glasgow businessmen who had planned to spend their declining years getting a bit of sun over in the Costa del Crime are still on the mean streets dealing drugs, collecting protection money and doing a bit of extortion to keep the wolf from the door. It can’t be easy to pistol-whip a victim into submission when the arthritis is acting up.The perfect bank heist becomes more problematic when the lookout man has nodded off again. The getaway driver can’t remember where he put the car keys and the gang have...

Leonardo DiCaprio on Delta Plane That Made Emergency JFK Landing - FoxNews.com

Leonardo DiCaprio on Delta Plane That Made Emergency JFK Landing - FoxNews.com: "'Titanic' actor Leonardo DiCaprio was a passenger aboard the Delta flight bound for Moscow that was forced to return to New York's JFK airport after engine failure, Us Weekly reported Monday. DiCaprio 'wishes to commend the actions of the pilot and flight crew in bringing the plane to a safe landing,' his rep said in a statemen...

Friday, 12 November 2010

From ‘insurance fraud’ to ‘uranium smuggling’: Armenia getting bad international press lately - Analysis | ArmeniaNow.com

From ‘insurance fraud’ to ‘uranium smuggling’: Armenia getting bad international press lately - Analysis | ArmeniaNow.com: "The Guardian, one of Britain’s leading national dailies, ran a story on Monday about the botched attempt by two citizens of Armenian to smuggle a small amount of highly enriched uranium into Georgia – “the stuff that nuclear warheads are made of.” The Armenians are said to have intended to sell the HEU to a group posing as Islamists (in fact representatives of Georgian special services). The incident happened in April, but its details were disclosed only on Sunday in a closed-door...

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Cross-border arrests may be legal grey area - Herald Scotland | News | Crime & Courts

Cross-border arrests may be legal grey area - Herald Scotland | News | Crime & Courts: "Scottish Police are risking “a legal grey area” when they detain suspects in other parts of Britain, an expert warned last night.Recently retired Strathclyde superintendent George Barnsley believes last month’s landmark human rights judgment on the Cadder case has thrown up serious new hurdles to cross-border operations.The veteran detective yesterday said the UK Supreme Court’s decision guaranteeing access to a lawyer to all those questioned in custody “raised a few more questions than it answered”.So...

Ironik stabbed in vicious gang attack - mirror.co.uk

Ironik stabbed in vicious gang attack - mirror.co.uk: "Chart star Ironik was stabbed in a vicious gang attack early yesterday.The rapper, real name James Charters, whose hits include Tiny Dancer, was later recovering in hospital from a buttock wound.It is believed the gang were after the 22-year-old's jewellery in the 4am attack in Highgate, North Londo...

Tiger raiders missed €20m haul in horror ordeal for couple - City News, National News - Herald.ie

Tiger raiders missed €20m haul in horror ordeal for couple - City News, National News - Herald.ie: "NORTH Dublin crime gang are suspected of carrying out the €170,000 tiger kidnapping of a Brinks Allied director and his wife.A group of experienced Coolock criminals are believed to have carried out the raid, threatening to kill terrified Shirley Hoyne during the incident. Despite extensive planning the gang missed at least €20m in cash stored at the Brinks Allied depot in Clonshaugh. Gardai investigating the robbery have singled out a Coolock outfit as the chief suspects. Members of the gang are...

Masked gang attack billionaire mobile phone tycoon and his fiancee at home | Mail Online

Masked gang attack billionaire mobile phone tycoon and his fiancee at home | Mail Online: "One of Britain’s richest men was left bloodied and bruised after being attacked with a crowbar during a robbery at his £7.5million home.Mobile phone tycoon John ­Caudwell – who is worth £1.3billion – was bound and gagged by the masked intruders.After assaulting Mr Caudwell, the gang allegedly turned on his glamorous fiancee, former model Claire Johnson, during the raid at 50-bedroom Broughton Hall on Monday evenin...

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