TIL of David Hunt, a British gangster who was described as "too big to bring down" by the Met Police and has largely escaped justice as a result. He once paid £1mill to assassinate 3 police officers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hunt_(gangster)
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ReallyKinda@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
Lol @ bookmaking
“Criminal activities:
Racketeering, drug trafficking, murder, extortion, bribery, pimping, bookmaking, money laundering, smuggling, fraud, arms trafficking, theft”
ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 3y
It means he takes bets.
ReallyKinda@kbin.social · 11 pts · 3y
Ohh that makes more sense lol I was imagining publishing illegal guides or something
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
"...parking tickets, jaywalking..."
NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Littering and….
ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
Littering with intent.
Rocket@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
...fishing horseback.
Narrrz@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
pushing the walk button on traffic lights multiple times in quick succession, with demonstrable lack of intent to thereby hasten the crossing light.
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Apparently there’s a BBC Panorama episode about this! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cszjzv