All our stories are compiled using a mix of reporting from the scene, background knowledge and experience, information from the police and our reporter contacts. Ian Stanton, Anthony Short, James Mossman, Gary Keating, Francis Oakford and David McDermott were all later jailed for their part in the plot. The brothers are believed to have become involved in drug dealing in the 1980s. In May 2001 he was shot as he left a Liverpool party. 1. Thats how you will get some more names. From "Cadillac Frank" to "Tick Tock," these mafia nicknames reveal some of the craziest characters and stories in the mob's bloody history. He had encountered difficulties with Colombia's Cali-based cartel and had begun to woo new clients in the lawless north of Mexico. "The key to these two is that they avoided all the things that caused problems for other drug dealers and gangsters. Broughton, of Breccia Gardens, who admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, was jailed for eight and a half years. A leaked report to a Spanish judge later claimed the Bird of Prey and Pancake belonged to a "worldwide organisation that is dedicated mainly to drug trafficking and targeted assassinations.". Philip Baron appeared to a successful property developer and hotelier who lived in a luxury mansion and was a regular player at one of the world's most prestigious Ryder Cup golf courses. But not these two. A police source said: "The gym was their controlled talking shop, run by their security. The comments below have not been moderated. Use them and you will end up with a lot of creative ideas. She said: 'In particular John Tobin was being put under some pressure to pay other people, it may be for wages he hadn't been able to pay out to them for other jobs. His youngest daughter joined a modelling agency in London. The book was a key piece of evidence in the inquiry that ultimately brought the gang down. Under the control of a shadowy former docker called 'The Banker', it became the richest gang in the UK. The Liverpool Echo reported how on the evening of February 6 last year, a 39-year-old man turned up at hospital with a gunshot wound after being targeted on a new housing estate. The haul included battlefield weapons including assault rifles with silencers. Their mum and dad moved from the top of West Derby Road to a brand new estate called Cantril Farm in the late 60s. Please include the Ray ID (which is at the bottom of this error page). We will not though, ignore crime as it impacts on many lives. Over drinks at the Harvard Inn, the low-ranking thug made the mistake of insulting a female patron whose angry brother got revenge with a broken bottle. The huge volume of container shipping that makes the Mersey one of the busiest thoroughfares in the world is a gift to a sophisticated drug-smuggling organisation. In the aftermath of the murder meetings of senior Liverpool criminals were bugged by police. Police throughout Europe are concerned that any attempt by Liverpool's gangs to target the Cali cartel's sophisticated cocaine distribution network will produce a spate of killings. He was jailed for six years for helping Baron and Callinan launder the drugs money and even buying a 1.2million hotel in cash. A fourth gang member was former Barclays bank project manager Malcolm Carle, 57, who was dubbed Sir Humphrey because of his Southern accent. John Tobin's DNA was later found deposited on the bubble wrap of one of the drug blocks, which he had earlier watched being placed into boxes during the packing process. In the 17 months covered by the records, the gang had imported 6% of the cannabis coming into the UK and made a 3.2 million profit. A Dutch businessman with links to the Liverpool mafia said: 'Smith had no problem recovering the cocaine. The now-incarcerated mobster owned BMWs, instead one of which he was driving when he survived his assassination attempt in 1989. Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria fought in the 1930s Castellammarese War to take control over crime in New York City. They never had a security firm and stayed away from the doors. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. A standoff between the two gangs developed, one that would presently claim a Colombian scalp. Strong links to corrupt port officials and haulage contractors ensured its status as an accomplished smuggler. The 57-year-old former lorry driver from Manchester travelled the world meeting the heads of Colombian drug cartels to arrange massive shipments into the country via Spain. Sources later told the ECHO that the Cantril Farm brothers had paid contract criminals Kirk Bradley and Tony Downes to organise the violence in order to try and sabotage the controversial trial from going ahead. A Soca source confirmed it was investigating Colombian involvement 'across the entire supply chain' of cocaine in the UK. The cocaine is in containers and the main port of entry is Liverpool," said one Mexican official. The device showered the house in shrapnel and left locals shocked and bewildered. It wasn't uncommon for one mafioso to never learn another mobster's full name. Neighbours heard a series of shots being fired in the area around Manor Road - the suspected shooting scene on the Brook Road estate in Prescot - at around 8.30pm. Pancake is described as a fearsome individual, typifying a new generation of thug who has made the big time, and operates in a fashion poles apart from the methodical dealings of Smith. Though he earned the moniker "Scarface" after a bar fight in 1917, it was only after rising in the ranks as a mobster in the 1920s that the press popularized his epithet. We do not seek to glamorise crime or criminals, rather to shine a spotlight on what is happening in our city. 'Smith was a trusted operator who built his fortune by keeping his word, not behaving like your normal gangster. After Dutch police raided a farmhouse in rural Holland and arrested Curtis Warren they became Liverpool's biggest drug dealers. From the waterfront, Merseyside's famous docks stretch north for 10 kilometres, eventually swallowed by the haze above Crosby. When Is It Best To Take Crack Cocaine. 'The money was couriered to various locations and ultimately ended up in Canary Wharf in London, when it was put through various shell companies and professionally laundered.'. Liverpool brothers John and Alan Tobin sold drugs to gangs across the UK Their business was dealt blow when police seized van containing cocaine on M6 Debts to underworld crime queen 'The. It served the same function as the boardroom of a multinational company with Smith its chief exec.". The comparison was telling. A police officer involved in the case, who can only be named as Mark, said: 'Its fair to say Walter is up there with the big hitters in terms of importation of cannabis. Pictured with his wife, Elaine, Baron enjoyed a champagne lifestyle that was funded by his vast drugs empire, Packets containing 100kg of cannabis found in boxes that were seized as part of the operation that led to Baron's arrest, Blocks of cannabis found in San Sebastian that formed part of the huge 52-tonne cannabis and cocaine hauls. Anthony "Big Tuna" or "Joe Batters" Accardo once ruled the Chicago Outfit, and earned his "Joe Batters" nickname during Prohibition from murdering three disloyal gangsters with a baseball bat. Home A spokesperson for the NCA said: "We cannot confirm nor deny the existence of ongoing investigations.". He had a daughter with his first wife in Greater Manchester, before moving to Ireland with his second partner to live in luxury. None of the leading members of the Huyton firm were charged with drug offences. The brothers went onto to build Liverpool's most powerful drug gang - close to being seen as a bona fide cartel to rival Europe's significant criminal factions from Ireland, Russia and North. By Baron was recorded on a prison phone saying the game was up because the police had so much evidence that the Pope could not get out of it. Some gangs were organized on racial lines and others were strongly influenced by their hometowns. Amid the ensuing chaos, the 500kg of coke vanished. Oddly enough, Salemme didn't even like Cadillacs. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme worked at a body shop and specialized in Cadillacs before he became a murderer. UK Cocaine Map His murder, according to police, was a "hostile takeover". Police believe Baron, 57, manipulated her into getting involved in his drugs network, managing his credit cards and phone bills. In May 2017 Spanish police launched a raid on the brothers' compound in the Costa Del Sol - the footage was like a scene from Netflix series Narcos, as heavily armed men stormed a villa while a helicopter roared overhead. Months of police work revealed Baron was giving the orders by telephone as lorry loads of cocaine and cannabis were delivered and sold on. They were just ordinary Liverpool lads who grew up in Thatcher's Britain and created an international criminal empire. Carle, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was given six years for money laundering, although he is appealing against the conviction. His emerging position in the city's cocaine trade is the first time one of the so-called "Soljas" the hooded scallies of the sink estates has reached the summit of the Liverpool mafia food-chain. Police believe he helped Baron and Callinan hide assets in Uzbekistan and Switzerland. For 15 years he helped flood the streets of Britain with cocaine and cannabis. However, UK police sent over intelligence to their Dutch counterparts which led to a raid by elite police. He had a previous conviction for football violence. A drugs baron from Liverpool built up a 200m fortune through his links with the Colombian cartels. In 2009 a gang war erupted after Southport car dealer Carl Boyd claimed to have been attacked by masked men during a business meeting in the office of his garage. Many owned racehorses and spent tens of thousands of pounds attending England and Chelsea matches abroad, always flying first class. You have to explore them and make a list of some best names in your mind. Over the past 12 months, the brutal, macabre methods of the Mexican drugs cartels have made regular headlines. The old routes were, in any case, becoming hugely more difficult to smuggle through. After that, use your creativity. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Pace University and a master's degree from New York University. Unfortunately for him, the war ended with his murder. For them, crime was a business.". The source in the Netherlands said: 'The Colombians contracted a top emissary in the Flat Place [underworld slang for the Netherlands] to recover the debt. The force also said the gang was led by two brothers from Liverpool, aided by their son-in-law who "directed other members of the ring". We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The rise of the father of five to the summit of Britain's cocaine trade came in 1996, 20 years after he started selling 5 bags of cannabis while a pupil at Liverpool's New Heys comprehensive. Smith had amassed a personal fortune of at least 200m as he masterminded the distribution of cocaine across Europe using direct contacts with the South American cartels. A meeting in Amsterdam was arranged between the Colombians and Smith's syndicate. They were linked up to more violence but somehow managed to stay one step ahead of the law. The Pancake has no social skills, he is seen as violent and unpredictable, more interested in shooting than making serious money. During the ensuing chaos, Taylor is seen hurling chairs at the nightclub's security as revellers scream in fear. "The Mexicans are shifting their operations. A group of Merseyside men was arrested and police also found their arsenal of weapons. Liam Cornett's right-hand man was Michael Rice. 'It is one that he has accepted and will serve as best as he can. Lam's crimes had such an influence in The U.K that the Home Office had hired additional sources for the detectives. "Smith's partner [the Bird of Prey] is the only person who has the money and know-how to work with them," said a gangland source. Ms Daley enquiries revealed just less than a week earlier on July 28, John had travelled from Kent to Brussels, via Eurostar, and while he couldn't be directly linked to the importation, he had been 'very close to the original source'. British army corporal Peter Clarke, 23, was later acquitted of the murder. They have to continue to supply the Mexicans any way they can." According to intelligence reports on both sides of the Atlantic, Liverpool may be target number one. They avoided disputes and silly fall outs. Tommy "Three-Finger Brown" Lucchese was a founding member of the Mafia in the U.S. Lucchese ran one of the Five Families that dominated organized crime in New York City. The Lam. Football-mad Carle spent thousands following Chelsea and England, including going all over the world. Unlike his peers, Smith was never really flash, preferring to adopt a low profile by wearing old Lacoste shirts and driving a Ford Mondeo around Liverpool. If you copy others, it will look so cheap and unattractive. The dialogue with Smith's killers has already started, police believe. Liverpool gangsters, including the Bird of Prey and an accomplice, James Taylor, known as "Pancake", are "certainly talking" to the Sinaloa, along with Los Zetas, classified by the US Drug Enforcement Administration as Mexico's most dangerous trafficking organisation. Prohibition, the Red Scare, the Great Depression, and the start of World War I heavily influenced the decade and created a large increase in crime. At the time the authorities said the arrests may have prevent a string of assassinations in the city, Gary Keating and David McDermott meet at a retail park in Aintree to discuss the recovery of a massive drugs' haul, Footage released by Spanish police of a raid on the homes of Liverpool criminals alleged to be involved in drugs. The cartel was grateful to the Liverpool mafia, whose contacts and own distribution network allowed it to crack the European market. The 52-year-old, of Regency Park, Widnes, had three convictions for four offences, but the last of these was in 1993, for a 'petty' offence. Usually, when things "got hot" Smith sought refuge in the gym on Alderwood Avenue. He went to prison, but only after becoming a Las Vegas casino investor and manager where God only knows how many slumped-over drunks were escorted out. Smith's middlemen, it was clear, were not interested. Relations then between the Cali gangs and Liverpudlians were healthy. He kept a 200-page ledger of the drug gangs books, including purchase and sale prices and codes for customers. It was feared he was on his way to 'spray up a house' in broad daylight. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Amounts of between 250kg to 500kg were used to reduce risk in case they lost track of the cargo. Merseyside police, the only force outside London to possess a level three capability, meaning it is able to tackle organised international crime, has repeatedly warned that Liverpool's cocaine barons are heavily armed and capable of murder. They formed an organised syndicate which smuggled cocaine from South America through Europe and into the UK. In particular they were in dispute with a feared member of the gang who was known as the 'bird of prey'. . Paul YearsleyFrom Eccles, Manchester, also had a yacht and a villa in Spain. Any information will be treated with the strictest confidence.". Attempts to wrest control of Smith's connections in Spain ran up against a wall of silence and disdain. But the gangs reign was ended by a four-year global operation co-ordinated by the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Established in the late 1970s, the Liverpool mafia protected its power base by forging close links to the IRA and, in particular, a contract-killing outfit called The Cleaners, a group of paramilitaries believed to be responsible for more than 20 drug-related assassinations around Liverpool. But Smith's killing carries more profound implications, threatening a ferocious war between Britain's original drug syndicate, the so-called Liverpool mafia, and the largest Colombian cocaine suppliers to Europe, the Cali cartels. Something went wrong, please try again later. Loyalties have changed. There is no evidence to suggest they had anything to do with the terror campaign which took place while they were on remand. On one occasion police stopped a car travelling towards Southport from Huyton. It was becoming clear that the Spanish route, gaining access to the influx of South American cocaine that came via west Africa, had been closed off. As the "Ice Pick Willie" sobriquet implies, the Minneapolis-based gangster had a brutal weapon of choice. The two men have escaped justice for decades, Get the latest crime reports and stories from Liverpool Echo straight to your inbox. Yesterday, Baron was the final member to be brought to justice after pleading guilty at Liverpool Crown Court. Colin Smith, 40, balding, was not an archetypal gangster. The Tobins both admitted conspiring to supply cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail in 2010 for importing drugs, having been involved in 97 consignments. Cloudflare monitors for these errors and automatically investigates the cause. Merseyside police had been tipped off about the mafia convention. Either you go through every container or you deal with the UK demand for cocaine." A Huyton man who remembers the brothers from the old days offered a unique insight into their astonishing rise to power. He was obsessed with his horse and said in emails that it did not matter if everything in his life went wrong, as long as he could still have the enjoyment of racing the animal. Ms Daley told the court 'The Banker' was believed to be a woman, who was acting as an accountant in the underworld drug trade. Among those on British police's 'most wanted' list is Liverpool drug fugitive Scott Coleman, 33, whom detectives hope to catch before it is too late. The Port of Liverpool handles 623,380 containers a year. Police found this 380,000 cash haul in a bag seized on the M62 near Leeds, Huge amounts of cash were seized by police including this 380,000 when part of the gang was stopped on the M62. Malcolm CarleNicknamed Sir Humphrey after the character in Yes Minister, left his job as a project manager in the IT department at Barclays bank to work for the gang. Since there were countless other gangsters named Anthony, Giacalone's nickname was one of necessity rather than artistry. After moving to New York in 1893, he ventured into organized crime during a power vacuum and took over the Morello family. He said: "They were never bullies. The three men who were charged in relation to the Brewster Street incident were later cleared of all charges. Publications by Name Publications by Date Authors Literature; A-D E-O P-T U-Z: before 1995 1995-1999 2000-2004 2005-2009 2010- Nobody has been convicted of the murder. These devices, costing 1,500, are usually Android-based smartphones that had their GPS sensors, microphones, and cameras stripped out, encrypted chat apps installed by default to allow people to sent private messages. MARK HOOKHAM reports City's original gangster and drugs kingpin dies quietly at home. As usual, the deal was done on trust; on credit until peddled on the street. Vincent was notorious for kidnapping other gangsters for ransom money and his nickname resulted from one such kidnapping attempt in 1931. As a result, the web page can not be displayed. The two men have escaped justice for decades which is why the ECHO cannot name them. In gangland Liverpool, the new edge of violence is widely acknowledged. Its location in the bleak Speke backstreets was no coincidence either. One of them asked a manager to switch off the CCTV. A group of criminals were drafted in to try and recover the drugs - but when they met up at Aintree Retail Park, police filmed their every move. In 2010 the brothers became locked in a major fallout with a powerful drug gang rooted in the back streets of Speke. A group of onlooking gangsters noticed his resilience at taking on several guys at once, remarking that he fought "like a bull. A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: We are relentless in our pursuit of those individuals and groups who are involved in serious and organised crime across Merseyside and beyond, and continue to have success in disrupting and dismantling these groups. These are shared by experienced advisors. While the former was dangerously operating on both sides of the law, the latter was so nervous his clock-like banter never stopped. But an informant, believed to be a close lieutenant of Smith in the Netherlands, told the Colombians a different story. His success in the cut-throat world of international drug dealing was built on a flair for calculating complex smuggling operations and schmoozing contacts, not on violence and intimidation. He enjoyed a champagne lifestyle at his huge mansion backing on to an exclusive golf course and boasted of being a property developer. Baron admitted conspiracy to import drugs and money laundering between September 2005 and September 2009. Sources in Amsterdam, where Liverpudlians and Colombians operate together to disseminate cocaine across the continent, claim that Liverpudlian expat dealers in Amsterdam, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey and South America - allied to the Merseyside mafia - have been warned to prepare for a 'mafia-style bloodbath'. Judge Byrne said the conspiracy was known through the seizure of drugs to involve at least 339kg of drugs, but was likely to have been 'many multiples of that amount'. But their 'highly profitable' business was dealt a fatal blow when police seized a van, containing 186kg of 90 per cent pure cocaine, on the M6 in August 2018. In 2002 a young man from Liverpool city centre went to work for the gang in southern Spain. The history of gangster names preceded the subsequent adoption of this practice by everyone from musicians to athletes. The drugs were probably worth around 1m on the street. Already Liverpool dealers are understood to have shot at least one senior Colombian cocaine emissary in Amsterdam. See more. He said that the brothers operated on a different level to mainstream Merseyside criminals. After learning about the 33 most fascinating gangster names in modern history, take a look at 25 astounding Al Capone facts. 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He will be sentenced in June. It helps you to get an idea of what people like or not. And in November last year they finally caught up with him.'. Three men were arrested and charged with blackmail, false imprisonment, assault, and possession of an imitation firearm. The third thing is to get ideas from other people. Holding discussionsbetween March and May 2020 about 73kg of heroin,83kg of cocaine, 57kg of ketamine and 78kg of cannabis, they were instructed to contact someone known only as 'The Banker'. Play it now! But their two sons would go on to affect many thousands of lives - for all the wrong reasons. John Lennon Airport is five minutes walk away. The court heard the Tobins ran a 'criminally sophisticated, highly profitable and well-organised business' for more than four years. ', The 59-year-old went on: 'Due to being heavily involved with the washing of your paperwork, I left a good job and a guaranteed 50k annual income plus extras to help you as you are a trusted friend but you now for some reason think I am the enemy.'. When Smith arrived at the safe house that November night, he had no idea that close associates, including one gangland figure known only as "the Bird of Prey", had decided the Cocaine King's reign was over. (News) by "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)"; News, opinion and commentary General interest. Again, as agreed, the 500kg would be 'bashed up' to produce a yield of 900kg, each with a street value of 80,000. But due to complicated reasons which cannot be published the brothers from Cantril Farm did not want the trial to go ahead and unleashed a terrifying campaign of violence on a number of individuals they blamed for the mess. John Tobin had seven previous convictions for 12 offences, but nothing for drug trafficking, and was last in court in 2010 for possessing a blade in public. The ruthless killer was a reliable tool for higher-ups in need of a clean and discreet hit that left no trace to the client. He stayed in luxury hotels while meeting with Columbia's most feared drugs cartels. Baron smuggled cannabis into the UK as his 'bread and butter', police said, but occasionally he and his accomplice, Paul Hewett, would import cocaine as a cash boost to pay for luxury items. Donald "The Wizard of Odds" Angelini was a member of the Chicago Outfit, which was previously run by Al "Scarface" Capone. "It's called Easygraft," said one gangland member. 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