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Article: ORGANISED CRIME COSTS SCOTLAND pounds 2BILLION A YEAR; Law summit told of threat from crooks.(News)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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Byline: By Paul O'Hare
SERIOUS and organised crime is costing Scotland pounds 2billion a year, it emerged yesterday.
Gangs are raking in fortunes from drugs, prostitution, people trafficking and counterfeiting.
And they are posing a "significant threat" to our communities, experts warned.
The staggering scale of organised crime was revealed at a conference of law enforcement chiefs and business leaders.
Gordon Meldrum, director general of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, said: "There are ...