9 in the Top 100, not bad for a country of our size

Hazys

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0828/crime.html

European police intelligence agency Europol is drawing up a list of the top 100 criminal gangs in Europe.
Gardaí say at least nine major Irish gangs are operating across the continent with up to 40 criminals involved.
The Dutch national crime squad says the Netherlands is the European centre for heroin and cocaine trafficking and the manufacture of synthetic drugs.
Europe's police intelligence agency is situated in the city as many of the continent's most dangerous are operating from bases there.
A number of Irish detectives and customs officers are based in Europol sharing information and intelligence with 26 other European police forces.
The agency's director Rob Wainwright says criminals and criminal gangs are now becoming more sophisticated.
He believes they are diversifying into cyber crime, counterfeiting and money laundering and operating in smaller, looser criminal structures.

C'mon Ireland!

Four-Percent

Hup da boya!

galwayrush

We must be very desperate for 'heroes' right now.:rolleyes:

G_R

less than 1% of EU's population
9% of EU's top gangs

tis a proud day to be irish:D

My name is URL

Doesn't surprise me tbh.

Ireland is a gateway into Europe for the South American drug trade

Mrmoe

Does this mean we will qualify for the next world cup?

wudangclan

Mrmoe wrote: »

Does this mean we will qualify for the next world cup?

only if we use gangsters whose parents or grandparents were irish to make up the team.

leitrim lad

yip it really lets us down as a nation, that 1 in every 6 people are either employed in the public sector, or are gangsters, or both

Hazys

Lets be honest The World Championships werent great for Ireland, we had one girl who could walk fast and that was about it.

So i say we stick at what we are good at and invest the sporting funds there. If they had the "Scumbag Olympics" i think we do very well. Imagine Anto holding a gold medal for Ireland for the 200m Pickpocket while the dance version of Amhran na bhFiann played in the background...we can only dream

sells

Its all stupid gangs too, not the cool type of gangs like in goodfellas. so to speak.

brummytom

How many of them were English?

I want to see how many I know :P

Hazys

sells wrote: »

Its all stupid gangs too, not the cool type of gangs like in goodfellas.

What do you mean cool? Give me Podge in a 4-strip dunnes tracksuit over Salvatore in an Armani suit any day

Four-Percent

Is TCRG there? :pac:

utick

dannym08 wrote: »

less than 1% of EU's population
9% of EU's top gangs

tis a proud day to be irish:D

interesting that from the european perspective of stats we are well above average, yet our politicians keep telling us we have the lowest crime rate in the whole of europe. :rolleyes:

McArmalite

Are Fianna Fail, Anglo Irish bank, Liam Carroll, Bertie Aherne, Mary Harney, Beverly Flynn, and the rest of the biggest gangsters in Europe on the list ?

bluto63

There's only 40 criminals involved for 9 gangs. I want Ireland to have a big cartel like Scarface or Goodfellas, then I'll be impressed

RuailleBuaille

Somebody told me Ross Kemp is doing his program on the Dublin gangs, does anyone know if it's true?

galwayrush

McArmalite wrote: »

Are Fianna Fail, Anglo Irish bank, Liam Carroll, Bertie Aherne, Mary Harney, Beverly Flynn, and the rest of the biggest gangsters in Europe on the list ?

They are trying to make up as new category for them, but apparently it's tough to quantify their proficiency in their dark arts.:rolleyes:

citizen_p

duh..... the orachteas is on holiday, and 40 TD's are currently in europe on family holidays.


Ireland for No. 1

ejmaztec

They obviously saw the benefits of de-centralisation. I bet they said yes to Lisbon.

MikeC101

It doesn't actually say that nine of the top 100 gangs are Irish.

It doesn't even say that one of them is.

First, the list isn't even complete.

Second, all it says is Gardaí say at least nine major Irish gangs are operating across the continent with up to 40 criminals involved.

Nothing mentioning if any of those nine are in the top 100.

Don't let that get in the way of a good rant though.

Hazys

MikeC101 wrote: »

It doesn't actually say that nine of the top 100 gangs are Irish.

It doesn't even say that one of them is.

First, the list isn't even complete.

Second, all it says is Gardaí say at least nine major Irish gangs are operating across the continent with up to 40 criminals involved.

Nothing mentioning if any of those nine are in the top 100.

Don't let that get in the way of a good rant though.

Quiet You

MikeC101

Hazys wrote: »

Quiet You

Sorry, better get with the program.

Nine out of the top hundred, god almight, this country is gone to hell!

Can you believe it, the top nine gangs in Europe are Irish!!!

Hazys

MikeC101 wrote: »

Sorry, better get with the program.

Nine out of the top hundred, god almight, this country is gone to hell!

Can you believe it, the top nine gangs in Europe are Irish!!!

Damn right.

Theres no place for learneded people like you who dont jump to conclusions in AH.