List of British gangsters

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This is a list of some organized crime figures within the underworld of the United Kingdom.

Name Life Years active Organization Comments References
Roy Francis Adkins 1947–1990 1970s-1980s One-time partner of Dutch drug czar Klass Bruinsma, he was allegedly head of the drugs division of the Bruinsma organisation during the 1980s. [1]
Colin Gunn 1967 - 1980s - Today Bestwood Cartel Two brothers, Colin and Dave Gunn, controlled Nottinghamshire and East Midlands underground world of drug supply, violence and guns. [2][3][4]
Christopher Brayford b. 1965 1985-2003 Clerkenwell crime syndicate Head of the Clerkenwell crime syndicate until an investigation by MI5 and the Inland Revenue resulted in his imprisonment in 2003. [5][6]
Jack "Spot" Comer 1912–1996 1930s-1950s Controlled London's East End bookmaking rackets until the 1950s. [7]
Tommy Comerford 1933–2003 1990s-2003 Liverpool underworld figure and drug trafficker. One of the first British mobsters to establish an international drug trafficking network in Great Britain [8]
George Cornell 1928–1966 1960s-1966 Richardson Gang Enforcer who worked for Charlie and Eddie Richardson during the 1960s. A childhood friend of the Kray Twins, he was used the a go-between by the Richardson's until his murder by Ronnie Kray at The Blind Beggar pub in 1966. [9]
Freddie Foreman b. 1932 1948–1990 Kray Twins A freelance enforcer for the Kray twins during the 1960s, Foreman was involved in the gangland slayings of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and Ginger Marks. [10][11]
"Mad Frankie" Fraser 1923-2014 1939–1967 Billy Hill, Richardson Gang Longtime bodyguard of Billy Hill and later enforcer for Charlie and Eddie Richardson. Involved in the 1956 attack on Jack Spot and wife Rita with Bobby Warren and a gang of half a dozen men. Also involved in Great Train Robbery. [12]
Billy Hill 1911–1984 1920s-1970s Longtime underworld figure in the London underworld. A partner of Jack Spot during the 1940s, he also organized the Eastcastle St. postal van robbery in 1952 and a £40,000 bullion heist in 1954. [13]
Ronnie and Reggie Kray 1933-1995 (Ronnie)
1933-2000 (Reggie) 		1952–1968 Controlled organized crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 60s. Responsible for the murders of George Cornell and Jack "The Hat" McVitie. [14]
Thomas "Tam" McGraw 1952–2007 1960s-2000s Scottish mobster involved in extortion, narcotics and drug trafficking in Glasgow from the 1970s until his death in 2007. Was a gangland figure identified during the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. [15]
Jack "the Hat" McVite d. 1967 1950s-1967 Kray Twins Drug trafficker and sometimes associate of the Kray twins. Lured to an underworld party, he was murdered by Reggie Kray following the failed gangland hit on suspected informant Leslie Payne. [16]
Messina Brothers 1930s-1950s Maltese-born Sicilian mobsters who controlled prostitution and white slavery. [17]
Desmond Noonan b. 1959–2005 1980s-2000s Noonan crime firm A senior member of the Noonan "crime firm" in Manchester, he became its leader following his release from prison in 2003. He and his brother Dominic were responsible for at least 25 unsolved murders during their 20-year reign in Manchester's underworld. [18]
Dominic Noonan 1966 1980s-2000s Noonan crime firm Head of the Noonan "crime firm" during the 1980s and 90s. The Noonans were the subject of director Donal MacIntyre's 2006 documentary A Very British Gangster. [19]
Kenneth Noye b. 1947 1980s-1990s Involved in the Brink's-Mat robbery in 1983 and subsequently stabbed police officer John Fordham to death.[20] Though acquitted for Fordham's death, Noye was convicted of the 1996 murder of Stephen Cameron. [21]
Charlie and Eddie Richardson 1934-2012 (Charlie)
b. 1936 (Eddie) 		1950s-1967 Richardson Gang Brothers who co-led the Richardson Gang in South London during the 1960s. Rivals of the Kray Twins,[22] they were eventually imprisoned after being implicated in the murder of a South African businessman in 1967. [23]
Charles "Darby" Sabini 1920s-1940s Sabini Gang Known as 'king of the racecourse gangs', his Clerkenwell-based organization controlled racecourses in London and throughout the south of England for much of the interwar years. [24][25]

References

  1. ↑ Campbell, Duncan (21 November 1991). "Shot gang boss wanted robber dead". The Guardian. The man who ordered the killing of the Great Train Robber Charlie Wilson was himself shot dead in an Amsterdam bar, a London inquest was told yesterday. Roy Francis Adkins, a 42-year-old Londoner, was killed in the Nightwatch bar of the American Hotel in Amsterdam on September 28, last year.
  2. ↑ Mansey, Kate (2010-03-14). "Gangster's girlfriend living in fear of hitman sent by HIM". mirror. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Brief history of Gunn Crime". LeftLion. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  4. ↑ Doward, Jamie; Fellstrom, Carl (2007-08-05). "Brutal ganglord who fell victim to his own drugs". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  5. ↑ Johnston, Philip (10 March 2007). "Daily Telegraph, 10 March 2007, retrieved 5 September 2008". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  6. ↑ TERRY ADAMS: THE LAST BRITISH GANGSTER AND THE 'GOODFELLAS' TAPES - Rex Williamson-Travis, Courtnews.co.uk
  7. ↑ Villains' Paradise: A History of Britain's Post-War Underworld: From the spivs to the Krays (John Murray 2006) ISBN 0-7195-6344-5. (Pegasus 2006) ISBN 1-933648-17-1.
  8. ↑ "ic Liverpool - Police to seize drug baron's money". Archived from the original on 4 July 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Cornell shot by Ronnie Kray; retrieved 23 September 2007.
  10. ↑ Bennetto, Jason (2000-05-25). "Gangster Foreman is held over Kray killings after confessions on television -". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  11. ↑ "Kray Aide will not be charged over Killings". The Independent. London.
  12. ↑ Duncan Campbell. "'Mad' Frankie Fraser: original hardman who loved to cause panic". the Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Hiscock, John. Gangsters in a class of their own ..., The Daily Telegraph, 21 February 2009; accessed 9 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Reggie Kray: Notorious gangster". BBC News. 2000-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  15. ↑ Britain's top 10 richest (known) drug barons
  16. ↑ 1969: Kray twins guilty of McVitie murder (BBC archived news 1969)
  17. ↑ Devito, Carlo (2005) Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime. New York: Facts On File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4848-7
  18. ↑ "Gangland leader 'bled to death", BBC News, 19 April 2005
  19. ↑ "The Gay Gangster". Irish Abroad. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  20. ↑ "Noye: From street vendor to Mr Big", BBC News, 14 April 2000
  21. ↑ "", BBC News, 7 April 2000
  22. ↑ Armstrong, Jeremy; Myall, Steve (19 September 2012). "Hard as nails: Kray Twins gangster rival Charlie Richardson dies". The Mirror. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  23. ↑ Fryer, Jane (2 April 2012). "Eddie Richardson – 'Ronnie and Reggie Kray were both gay and both brainless'". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  24. ↑ John Lea. "traditional organized crime in Britain". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  25. ↑ "BBC NEWS - UK - Italian gangster detained in WWII". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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