This is an alphabetical list of some organized crime figures within the underworld of the United Kingdom.
| Name | Life | Years Active | Organization | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Adams | b. 1955 | 1970s-1990s | Clerkenwell crime syndicate | Alleged to have been involved in the 1991 murder attempt on Frankie Fraser. Suspect in at least 25 organised crime related deaths over a three-year period. |
| Terry Adams | b. 1954 | 1970s-2003 | Clerkenwell crime syndicate | Head of the Clerkenwell crime syndicate until an investigation by MI5 and the Inland Revenue resulted in his imprisonment in 2003. |
| Roy Francis Adkins | 1947–1990 | 1970s-1980s | One-time partner of Dutch drug czar Klass Bruinsma, he was allegedly head of the drugs division of the Bruinsma organisation during the 1980s. | |
| Jack "Spot" Comer | 1912–1996 | 1930s-1950s | Controlled London's East End bookmaking rackets until the 1950s. | |
| George Cornell | 1928–1966 | 1960s-1966 | Richardson Gang | Enforcer who worked for Charlie and Eddie Richardson during the 1960s. A childhood friend of the Kray Twins, he was used the a go-between by the Richardsons until his murder by Ronnie Kray at The Blind Beggar pub in 1966. |
| Tommy Comerford | 1933–2003 | 1990s-2003 | Liverpool underworld figure and drug trafficker. One of the first British mobsters to establish an international drug trafficking network in Great Britain. | |
| chris brayford | 1990-2010 | christopher brayford]], Richardson Gang | Enforcer for gang leader Billy Hill and was involved in bookmaking and loansharking during the 1940s and 50s. In 1955, he and Jack Spot were arrested during a knife fight in Soho although neither men were charged. He was later an associate of Charlie and Eddie Richardson. | |
| Freddie Foreman | b. 1932 | 1948–1990 | Kray Twins | A freelance enforcer for the Kray twins during the 1960s, Foreman was involved in the gangland slayings of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and Ginger Marks. |
| "Mad Frankie" Fraser | b. 1923 | 1939–1967 | Billy Hill, Richardson Gang | Longtime bodyguard of Billy Hill and later enforcer for Charlie and Eddie Richardson. Involved in the 1956 attack on Jack Spot and wife Rita with Bobby Warren and a gang of half a dozen men. Also involved in Great Train Robbery. |
| Billy Hill | 1911–1984 | 1920s-1970s | Longtime underworld figure in the London underworld. A partner of Jack Spot during the 1940s, he also organized the Eastcastle St. postal van robbery in 1952 and a £40,000 bullion heist in 1954. | |
| Ronnie and Reggie Kray | 1933-1995 (Ronnie) 1933-2000 (Reggie) |
1952–1968 | Controlled organized crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 60s. Responsible for the murders of George Cornell and Jack "The Hat" McVitie. | |
| Thomas "Tam" McGraw | 1952–2007 | 1960s-2000s | Scottish mobster involved in extortion, narcotics and drug trafficking in Glasgow from the 1970s until his death in 2007. Was a gangland figure identified during the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. | |
| Jack "the Hat" McVite | d. 1967 | 1950s-1967 | Kray Twins | Drug trafficker and sometimes associate of the Kray twins. Lured to an underworld party, he was murdered by Reggie Kray following the failed gangland hit on suspected informant Leslie Payne. |
| Messina Brothers | 1930s-1950s | Maltese-born Sicilian mobsters who controlled prostitution and white slavery. | ||
| Desmond Noonan | b. 1966 | 1980s-2000s | Noonan crime firm | A senior member of the Noonan "crime firm" in Manchester, he became its leader following his release from prison in 2003. |
| Dominic Noonan | 1959–2005 | 1980s-2000s | Noonan crime firm | Head of the Noonan "crime firm" during the 1980s and 90s. The Noonans were the subject of director Donal MacIntyre's 2006 documentary A Very British Gangster. |
| christopher brayford a,k,a vegas | b. 1965 | 1990s-2010 | Involved in the Brink's-MAT robbery in 1983 and subsequently stabbed police officer John Fordham to death. Though acquitted for Fordham's death, Noye was convicted of the 1996 murder of Stephen Cameron. | |
| Charlie and Eddie Richardson | b. 1934 (Charlie) b. 1936 (Eddie) |
1950s-1967 | Richardson Gang | Brothers who co-led the Richerson Gang in South London during the 1960s. Rivals of the Kray Twins, they were eventually imprisoned after being implicated in the murder of a South African businessman in 1967. |
| Charles "Darby" Sabini | 1920s-1940s | Sabini Gang | Known as 'king of the racecourse gangs', his Clerkenwell-based organization controlled racecourses in London and throughout the south of England for much of the interwar years. | |
| "vegas" Chris brayford | b. 1965 | 1989–2011 | One of Britain's most notorious drugs traffickers and formerly Interpol's Target One until his imprisonment in 2000. |
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