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The invisible Scottish girls kidnapped by English drug gangs

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In the Telegraph today, the above and: Lucy* was just 17 when she was kidnapped by a member of a rival county lines gang. “I was hit over the head with a crowbar,” she recalls. “I was tied up and put in the back of a rental car and driven around and then taken to the house of another drug user.” It is an experience almost incomprehensible for someone of that age, when most teenagers’ biggest worry is passing their exams. But this is the brutal reality for thousands of girls who are under the control of criminal gangs. and: … Continue reading The invisible Scottish girls kidnapped by English drug gangs

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As Birmingham drug gangs now compete with Liverpool in Highland Region, the region’s 270% violent crime surge in just 5 years, more than 20 times Scotland’s average, could worsen

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in possession of two large suitcases. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0033vn4/highland-cops-series-4-2-siege-in-the-highlands Inverness and the Highlands are a world away from BBC Scotland in Glasgow in terms of their coverage the illegal drug trade. Highland Cops commissioned by BBC 2 and BBC Scotland and produced by Firecrest Films is in its fourth series of frankly fascinating documentary style episodes on crime in the Scottish Highlands, with ravishing background, often foreground, scenery shots and increasingly impressive and likeable police officer characters. The production seems to have wriggled out from under the oppressive editorial control in Glasgow where the suggestion the the street-level, illegal drug trade with … Continue reading As Birmingham drug gangs now compete with Liverpool in Highland Region, the region’s 270% violent crime surge in just 5 years, more than 20 times Scotland’s average, could worsen

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How Scottish Government caution on rental schemes has limited e-bike/scooter chaos, injury and death in Scotland to only one sixth of the UK level

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involving e-bikes and e-scooters. BBC Scotland this morning with their latest wee, life in Scotland is unpleasant, even dangerous, stories selected by the news editor but not being covered elsewhere There are ‘a million stories in the City tonight’, they say in some film and the ones you get to see are a small selection chosen by an editor who has and agenda. BBC Reporting Scotland lives to do us down, keep us anxious and hopefully think the SNP in government, has failed. The opposition parties today will do their worst to blame the Scottish Government for some imagined crisis … Continue reading How Scottish Government caution on rental schemes has limited e-bike/scooter chaos, injury and death in Scotland to only one sixth of the UK level

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Trying to light a two-year-old damp squib as police officer injuries fall annually from 62 to 1 to zero last year and assaults more generally plummet way below those in England

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The Express today has the above: From BBC Scotland, today, the above and: Scotland’s biggest police operation since the visit of President Donald Trump last year is to take place on Bonfire Night, in the face of a “unique” combination of safety concerns. As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed on and around 5 November to deal with fireworks-related disorder, a European football match involving Celtic and potential protests in Glasgow. Additional public order vehicles and drivers are being brought in from 18 English and Welsh police forces under mutual aid arrangements. The force has already vowed that anyone … Continue reading Trying to light a two-year-old damp squib as police officer injuries fall annually from 62 to 1 to zero last year and assaults more generally plummet way below those in England

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Nicola Sturgeon pressed the UK Government to shut down money-laundering firms in 2018 but the Ferret won’t tell you that

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I’ll explain the above after this: In the Ferret today, the above, and: Hey there, Jamie here, along with financial crime investigator Diogo Augusto. It’s great when a government decides to tackle abuses made possible by its own legislation – less so when, more than a year after promising reform, it still can’t give a firm date for implementing it. In this case, the reforms are compulsory ID-checks for the owners of a type of Scottish entity that’s become notorious for abuse by money launderers and other international criminals – individuals who certainly wouldn’t be keen to reveal themselves. Implementing … Continue reading Nicola Sturgeon pressed the UK Government to shut down money-laundering firms in 2018 but the Ferret won’t tell you that

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Three men jailed for trafficking women FROM England and Wales INTO Scotland just like every other part of this invasive flow from high crime pressure areas into low crime area vacuums

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From STV in Scotland, yesterday, the above, and: Three men have been jailed for a combined 13 years for crimes including trafficking vulnerable women between Scotland, England and Wales. George Filip, 45, Alexandru Moco, 26, and Leonard Banica, 41, targeted 16 vulnerable women, bringing them into the UK to work as sex workers. A fourth man, Ionela Filip, 34, also worked with the three men to run the prostitution ring and various brothels, exploiting the women for their own gain. The group evaded detection by transporting the vulnerable women across the border between Newport, Birmingham and Scotland. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/three-men-jailed-for-operating-prostitution-ring-and-trafficking-women-between-scotland-england-and-wales Between? Between? … Continue reading Three men jailed for trafficking women FROM England and Wales INTO Scotland just like every other part of this invasive flow from high crime pressure areas into low crime area vacuums

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Online gangs forcing children to self-harm – Only BBC Scotland headline it despite not one conviction here – the ‘Power of Nightmares’

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Only BBC Scotland has this story: Detectives in Scotland have joined international law enforcement in targeting online gangs which groom and coerce children into acts of self-harm. Officers are hunting members of loose online networks of sadists known as “The Com”, which mainly targets girls on gaming platforms and social media. The groups, mostly comprised of teenage and young adult males, have risen in prominence in recent years after cases involving sextortion and hacking, as well as self-harm encouragement. So far, there has been one arrest in Scotland, while there have been a handful of convictions in England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6vg03xl0751o So, … Continue reading Online gangs forcing children to self-harm – Only BBC Scotland headline it despite not one conviction here – the ‘Power of Nightmares’

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Not one police officer injury at Bonfire Night last year and only one the year before so English and Welsh officers are coming for something else, not us

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From BBC Scotland, today, the above and: Scotland’s biggest police operation since the visit of President Donald Trump last year is to take place on Bonfire Night, in the face of a “unique” combination of safety concerns. As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed on and around 5 November to deal with fireworks-related disorder, a European football match involving Celtic and potential protests in Glasgow. Additional public order vehicles and drivers are being brought in from 18 English and Welsh police forces under mutual aid arrangements. The force has already vowed that anyone caught up in disorder around Halloween … Continue reading Not one police officer injury at Bonfire Night last year and only one the year before so English and Welsh officers are coming for something else, not us

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Scotsman under fire for misleading reporting on alcohol deaths as treatment within only 3 weeks beats 90% target for years on end and Swinney adds another £37 million new this year

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The Scotsman, confused on alcohol deaths – against this week or for last week? From the Scotsman’s David Bol today: Exclusive: SNP under fire for lack of action to tackle alcohol deaths as focus on tackling drug fatalities. John Swinney has been warned grieving families “deserve the same urgency” in tackling Scotland’s alcohol death crisis as the nation’s drug-related fatalities amid criticism over a lack of action. Two leading charities have told The Scotsman it was “deeply disappointing” the First Minister’s programme for government “contained nothing new” to tackle alcohol harm. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-under-fire-for-lack-of-action-to-tackle-alcohol-deaths-as-focus-heaped-on-tackling-drug-fatalities-9308257 First on action ie treatment, from National drug … Continue reading Scotsman under fire for misleading reporting on alcohol deaths as treatment within only 3 weeks beats 90% target for years on end and Swinney adds another £37 million new this year

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After centuries of doing what they’re told by London Labour, child poverty in Wales expected to be shocking 57% higher than in Scotland

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From BBC Wales today, the above and: “I was sleeping on the sofa, she had a bed that was propped up on books. One of the legs had fallen off completely.” Sarah Ruscoe, a single mum out of work because of a health condition, said she had worried her daughter’s bed would collapse in the night after finding herself in a “dire” financial situation. A food bank user, Ruscoe said “every year seems to be getting worse” as she struggled to make her benefits cover essentials. A charity eventually paid for a new bed for daughter Sabrina, 11. But MPs … Continue reading After centuries of doing what they’re told by London Labour, child poverty in Wales expected to be shocking 57% higher than in Scotland