Crime Invasion: Britain's New Underworld
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Crime invasion: Britain’s New Underworld is a 10 part is a documentary
television programme produced in the United Kingdom by Vashca for the television station
Virgin 1
.
This documentary
series investigates the new organised crime cells that now dominate Britain's underworld, such as the Yardies and Turkish Mafia. Each of the gangs featured in the series has its roots in other countries and have been able to successfully establish bases in Britain
, from where they now operate.
The documentary also focussed on how the police
, customs
and other agencies are working to combat these growing crime networks and will include testimonies from victims and gang members.
The Executive Producer is Glenn Barden
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
television programme produced in the United Kingdom by Vashca for the television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
Virgin 1
Virgin 1
Channel One was a television channel owned and operated by British Sky Broadcasting. The channel was launched on 1 October 2007 at 21:00 on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky as Virgin1, replacing Ftn...
.
This documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
series investigates the new organised crime cells that now dominate Britain's underworld, such as the Yardies and Turkish Mafia. Each of the gangs featured in the series has its roots in other countries and have been able to successfully establish bases in Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, from where they now operate.
The documentary also focussed on how the police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
, customs
Customs
Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including animals, transports, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country...
and other agencies are working to combat these growing crime networks and will include testimonies from victims and gang members.
The Executive Producer is Glenn Barden
Glenn Barden
Glenn Barden became known in the UK in 2000 for creating the controversial television endurance show Touch the Truck described by the Sunday Times as "the worst tv idea ever"....
.