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UK underworld runs £40 billion economy
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ASIANAGE on 08 August, 2008 05:08:06
 
By OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT
London
Aug. 8: Britain’s £40 billion underworld economy is run by homegrown
criminals from inside British jails, according to a report.
An intelligence map, which was drawn up by a leading police expert on organised
crime, has identified more than 1,000 active criminal networks and revealed that
gangland is still controlled by British families, the report in the Times
newspaper said.
The intelligence map was constructed by the Association of Chief Police
Officers with the support of the 43 police forces in England and Wales and other
bodies. More than 15,000 individuals are said to have been identified as
involved in organised crime. British-Pakistani gangs dominate Bradford, which is
a centre for money laundering and a major distribution point for heroin.
London has more than 170 gangs.