How Police Corruption Actually Works (UK) | How Crime Works | Insider

Alastair Morgan, whose brother was murdered in 1987, and Neil Woods, a former undercover police officer who now investigates police corruption, speak to Insider about how police corruption actually works.

In the interview, Neil broke down in detail all the types of corruption he saw, and even carried out, while working as an undercover police officer for 14 years in the UK.

During his time in the police, Neil came to the conclusion that most "corruption within the police is caused by the money from the illicit drugs market."

Alastair Morgan spoke of how his brother, Daniel Morgan, was murdered with an axe in a pub carpark in South London in 1987.

He told Insider, “Within three weeks [of the murder] I was convinced, because of the events that took place, there had been police involvement in Daniel’s murder. Which was a terrifying prospect.”

At the time of the murder, Daniel ran a detective agency with her business partner, Jonathan Rees. Alastair believes Jonathan Rees and corrupt police officers were involved in the murder.

Since Daniel Mogan’s murder, there have been five separate police investigations. Jonathan Rees and Detective Sergeant Sid Fillery have been arrested multiple times. Each time the charges have been dropped.

In 2014, Jonathan Rees and Sid Fillery received six-figure damages from the Met police after bringing a malicious prosecution claim against them.

In 2021 an independent inquiry found that the Met Police was "institutionally corrupt" in its handling of the investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan.

Alastair is currently in the process of suing the Metropolitan Police. The murder is still unsolved.

This episode deals specifically with Police Corruption within the UK.

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00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Corrupt assets
02:53 - Noble cause corruption
05:49 - Daniel Morgan
09:45 - Informants
12:24 - Whistleblowers
14:37 - Witness protection
16:23 - The Met
18:34 - The cause
23:11 - Still unsolved
23:50 - Racism

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[bomberbolton]

Alastair Morgan deserves an enormous amount of credit for his work since the brutal murder of his brother. Shining a light into the dark depths of police and raising awareness. Thank you Sir

[lazrseagull]

"I know that I upset a lot of police officers when I talk about police corruption."

Anyone who doesn't want police corruption to be talked about should not be trusted to do police work.

How can you investigate crime responsibly if you can't even handle it being mentioned?

A trustworthy police officer who wants to provide safety to the community would want to see corruption exposed and dealt with like any other crime because it's part of what they're paid to do and especially because refusing to deal with criminals in the police makes the whole police service look untrustworthy and criminal.

[McKampfschnitzel]

Watching many of these insider views on crime, smuggling etc. it's amazing to consider how pretty much everyone who was ever involved with organized crime, be it a part of it or fighting against it, comes to the same conclusion: that the war on drugs is lost and that prohibition causes way more harm than good. It truly says something when so many people from so many different backgrounds and walks of life come to the same conclusion, yet nothing is done about it.

[WritewheelUK]

I was a police officer in a large county force in England. We allowed the crime reporter of the local paper into the nick at any time. Any room he was stopped from entering had to be explained to him. He could take it to the super. It was banned by the government. The police in England/Wales are forbidden by law to say how badly their force is resourced, or problems with lack of manpower. For a time, we had a recovering drug/alcohol addict in the cell block available to any inmate who wanted to talk about addiction or similar. That was stopped, yet he was a fabulous check on any abuse of power. (He was a great bloke as well.). We had lay visitors to the nicks, cells and CCTV control rooms. I think these are still allowed but not encouraged. I stand to be corrected. The police are banned from speaking to the press. All these laws and regs by the government and Home Office have the result of separating the police from checks and controls. The police should, must, be open and transparent. We should have lay persons going through the nick without a schedule. That's not what the government want because it will show just how poorly the various forces are resourced. They need more staff, especially more supervisors to be responsible for PCs and sergeants. I was in the police from the middle 70s. I've written a couple of Kindle books about corruption in the 70s and 80s - Both Sides of the Force et sec. I was in Crossing the Line of Duty (possibly still available on BBC iPlayer) where police corruption was exposed. The police changed fundamentally in the middle 80s, with higher pay and reasonable conditions of employment being the big improvements. The tory government of Cameron and May destroyed any hope of a professional force by continually attacking it. Moral dropped much faster than pay. The BBC series I was in had a detective constable confess to taking bribes. He explained the process of corrupting him. Simple, easy steps, and soon he was trapped. There is no way corruption can be eradicated from any largish organisation. I've been involved in an enquiry into local government were a whole department was taking bribes, even, remarkably, a temp on maternity cover! Lack of effective supervision is what encourages corruption. Sorry to go on, but it's important to me. It's important to everyone come to that.

[guitarguymi]

He's right about cops not believing another did wrong. A cop attempted to crash his car (his personal car) into mine by slamming his brakes on after doing other dangerous actions then started chasing me when i tried to escape some psycho (never legally identified himself and not on duty) the rest of the police force tried to defend him even claiming it was an unmarked car while I had video evidence of his assault, chase and attempted illegal stop.

[ianworley]

A work colleague of mine had a boyfriend in London who owned a small hotel. Like many others, he employed undocumented migrants as casual labour. He paid monthly bribes to local CID police for many years. In the end, he set up security cameras and filmed the police collecting their monthly pay-offs over a three month period. Next time they came, he showed the film and audio to the police and told them copies were in the possession of his solicitors. He never saw the corrupt officers again.

[tadcastertory]

My wife's Uncle was a gamekeeper. He caught a Poacher. The Poacher arrested him. It was an off-duty police officer. His licenced guns were confiscated. He was charged with threatening behaviour. Eventually the charges were dropped and the guns were returned. The Officer transferred to another force.

[mdog]

Neil Woods' book 'Drug Wars' is both a fascinating and terrifying insight into the links between drug barons and the police in the UK. He makes a very convincing case that the continued criminalisation of drugs is literally the driver of almost all organised crime in the UK. The only conclusion that one can come to after reading his book is that any politician who is against the decriminalisation of drugs, is almost certainly profiting in some way from the sale of those drugs.

[midnite]

It is rare to have such an honest accounting of the current state of law enforcement as we experience it today. You must be brave to wear the badge but infinitely braver to wear the badge and talk about Police corruption in such a matter of fact way. Policing is a difficult job made even tougher when most civilians, even those related or married to Officers have a hard time understanding the culture and the challenges the job imposes on its practitioners. He is correct when he says that while most major police agencies investigate police corruption, these investigations are many times at odds with the image of trust and transparency these agencies work extremely hard to promote and cultivate. A battle that will be waged for eternity it seems. Excellent reporting, thank you!

[SEAZNDragon]

Several years ago my department- a US sheriff's office- had to fire several jailers after they were found smuggling contraband to inmates. Their motivation? Misplaced loyalty- The jailers and inmates were usually childhood friends and most of the jailers were real young getting hired at the minimum age of 18. Our department partially remedied the situation by raising the hiring age to 21 although it has been lowered back to 18. A department culture against corruption is definitely key. I been told multiple times by older officers don't cover for other's screw ups, to be mindful of my behavior, and hearing tear downs of other questionable departments and officers.

[Greg-eqpf]

Insightful indeed.
The courts would make for a LOT of documentary content regarding corruption and malpractice.

[Sammit]

At this point imo the police trying to maintain public confidence by refusing to investigate, address or publicly acknowledge corruption/racism has damaged public confidence in the police more than anything else they could have done in that situation

[kimberlykay]

Honestly, I have a friend who is a sheriff (truly a good guy) and I’ve known some good police officers, but I’ve also inadvertently had to deal with corrupt officers as well. I have become more and more disheartened over the years. I used to be so young and naïve. Now in my mid 30s, I’ve Seen and heard of too much that I actually feel quite scared of officers altogether.. Sometimes terrified

[ScentedCandlesa]

Excellent content from this channel; very high quality and interesting, without pandering to algorithms. Keep up the great work.

[cristovk]

Neil Woods has a fantastic book about his experience as an undercover police officer. Good Cop, Bad War. Highly recommend reading it. As well as his book on the Drugs War as a whole. Both excellent and very interesting.

[tomweldhen]

This is superb thought provoking, excellent, content, keep up the good work. More from Neil Woods please

[justandy]

This is truly terrifying. The fact that corruption is so rampant within the police up to the highest level. Even our witness protection schemes has corruption within it is deeply worrying.
As said in the video the witness protection scheme is our last line of defense and now we learn even that isnt safe. Scary stuff.

[josephinenilsson]

Corruption is cancer on society. Nothing is more corrosive.

[burkezillar]

My uncle witnessed a murder in the 70's and had to be put in to witness protection. He was from Ireland and for 15 years (until the murderer had died basically) everyone in the family thought he had died. Which was worse because he had had a massive argument with my grandad about a week before the murder. They reconciled before my grandad died but my grandmother died not knowing he was still alive.

[macktheripper]

I know someone (a friend of a friend) who was a very low level dealer. When arrested the police added weight to ensure he had prison time. It was at that moment that I only spoke to the police via lawyers.