by Carl Fellstrom | Jul 28, 2010 | drugs, journalism, SOCA, spain, trevor wade
Trevor Wade in happier times For the past year I have been actively supporting the plight of a Lincolnshire pensioner who was arrested in Spain after being duped into driving a car which contained £22 million worth of cocaine. Most criminals will tell you they are...
by Carl Fellstrom | Jul 22, 2010 | decriminalisation, drugs, journalism, legislation
This week an eminently sensible person made some eminently sensible statements about the UK’s current drugs legislation. In a newsletter sent out to barristers across the country, Nicholas Green QC, current chairman of the Bar Council of England and...
by Carl Fellstrom | Jul 18, 2010 | colin gunn, journalism, mafia, organised crime, SOCA
Earlier this week the Met’s chief Sir Paul Stephenson indicated that dealing with organised crime was the biggest challenge that would face the UK’s law enforcement agencies in the coming years . He rightly raised concerns about how, in the current...
by Carl Fellstrom | Jul 12, 2010 | Facebook, Hoods, journalism, Miscarriage of justice, The Guardian
During the writing of “Hoods” I encountered several disturbing examples of the corruption that is blighting the fight against organised crime. They are sobering stories that go some way to explaining why law-abiding people lose their faith in the...
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