London East End gangster twins Ronnie (right) and Reggie Kray pictured after spending 36 hours helping the police with their inquiry into the murder of George Cornell (Image: William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). In total there are estimated to be around 250 gangs in London involving around 4,500 people, while there are 12 active gangs in Waltham Forest. Gangs in London are becoming more organised, ruthless and focused on making profits from drugs, a new report says today. This research will help us understand what we need to and how to invest properly. Waltham Forest council leader Clare Coghill said: “Every part of London has seen the devastating effect that gangs have on all sections of our communities. Eight of Britain's most notorious gangsters. A study has found that gangs are moving away from “postcode” rivalries to expand into more business orientated groups focusing on dealing in Class A drugs such as cocaine. In a recent raid on a house in Suffolk police found two 14-year-old girls from Waltham Forest and seized guns and drugs. * While more organised gangs shun social media many embrace it as a means of promoting the gang’s identity and ‘brand.’. * Young women and girls are increasingly being used by gangs to transport drugs to regional towns and cities in ‘county lines’ rackets. Superintendent Paul Clements said police were targeting around 30 young gang members in the borough considered to pose the greatest risk. “This is about working with the schools, police , youth officers and other agencies to offer young people an alternative to a life of crime.”. Dennis Nilsen seemed so normal when I taught him, but serial killers can look and sound just like us. Gangs in London are becoming more organised, ruthless and focused on making profits from drugs, a new report says today. Today, the study finds gangs are more organised and driven by a desire for profits where visible signs of gang membership are rejected as ‘bad for business.’. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Professor Whittaker said ten years ago a similar study found gangs based mainly on postcodes with violence being used to defend territories and gang membership defined by “colours” and gang insignia. But we need to find a sustainable solution and we need to identify and reach young people before they get embedded in a criminal lifestyle.”, London gangs including the Mali Boys are becoming more 'organised, ruthless and driven by drugs profits', report finds. The group has become the most dominant in Waltham Forest which has seen two gang linked killings so far this year. Instead of postcodes being seen as a territory to defend, they have become a drugs marketplace to be protected. The report also claimed some gang members used social media such as FaceBook to gather information about the personal lives of police officers and even recorded the number plates of officers’ cars in an attempt to intimidate them. The gang use old fashioned Nokia phones because they are less easy to track and are estimated to be raking in as much as £50,000 a week in profits from drug sales. One gang in east London called the Mali Boys typifies the new criminal outfit, according to the report on gangs commissioned by Waltham Forest council. He said the report showed the sophistication of the gangs they were dealing with adding : “We have increased our stop and search activity on a targeted basis to create a hostile environment to knife carriers. Should I tell my wife? East End gangster Fred Foreman: ... “It’s God’s waiting list,” he says of his current home. *As London’s drugs market becomes saturated gangs are increasingly developing ‘county lines’ to other towns where there is little competition and they are unknown to police. Terry 'the Godfather' Adams is the alleged boss of the feared Adams family, once dubbed by police as "worse than the Krays". Can the game of squash survive in a Covid-19 world?

Professor Andrew Whittaker of London South Bank University, the report’s author, says: “Although the Mali Boys may appear to be a local phenomenon, there is growing evidence that they are part of a wider pan-London development as gangs become more organised.”, One unnamed professional told the study the Somali gang had formed alliances with other gangs in the borough adding: “It’s almost like a franchise, like McDonalds or Benetton where the Mali Boys have got a very effective pyramid structure, business plan, but instead of burgers and woolly jumper its Class A drugs and cannabis.”.

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