The Violent Boom In Asian Gangs Battling Over London | Gangs Of Britain | Absolute Crime

Brothers Gary and Martin Kemp turn their attentions to Britain's capital. London has always had criminals. The biggest city in Britain is like a magnet to those wanting to make a bob or two - even if that means taking the law into their own hands. Since the 1900's as many as 70 gangs have fought it out on London streets. The Second World War put pay to many of them but there was one vicious East End gang that kept alive even up to the 1960's though their origins went right back to the 19th century. Gary investigates the infamous Watney Streeters gang. A hundred years later a new wave of Asian immigrants had arrived in London. To protect themselves they formed gangs but it wasn't long before protection turned instead to extortion and then massive drug smuggling. Martin looks into the ruthless and dreaded Toot Nung gang from Southall, West London.

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[derekstocker]

Thanks for this, well documented and explained history of London's gangs and crime.
Great to see the Kemp brothers again on our screens and the other experts came across as very well informed as also.
More of this type of documentary please!

[thewrngchild]

I've seen gangs made up of people from all kinds of racial backgrounds that you might think wouldn't normally associate, brought together under one common cause, crime. A lot of young people are recruited into gangs in schools and colleges. The emphasis should be on preventing our young people from joining gangs in the first place.

Thanks to organizations like the Italian Mafia and the Krays etc, gang life has been 'romanticised' in order to appeal to young people. A bit like how if you ask someone today what first comes to mind when you say the word 'pirate'. They will come back with some swashbuckling heart throb from a Hollywood movie. They have NO idea how violent and bloody old world piracy actually was. I'd try sending journalists and headteachers etc into prisons and getting prisoners who were also once gang members, to tell their stories about the reality of gang life on video, and urge young people NOT to join gangs. This would also give them the chance to express their remorse and make up, if only a little, for what they have done.

These videos could then be shown to older school year groups as part of PHSE studies. More intervention at that stage might prevent them from joining gangs, and in turn, will make them better future parents and prevent their children from doing so too, so on so forth.

[RJ-qlff]

Well presented and informative. Thank you Kemp brothers.

[TheAcuphase]

South Asian gangs might be powerful in Southall, where almost everybody is South Asian. They can push around their own people, but everywhere else in London they have never really made much of an impact.

[jimmycricket]

The ham acting in this introduction is hilarious. Reminds me of the Ricky Gervais and Ross Kemp comedy sketch in the show 'Extras' where Kemp acts tough to impress.

[mikeybrant]

Not Asian, that’s disingenuous towards Chinese, Koreans, Thais etc. they are Pakistani, say it like it is.

[ObscureSampology]

A whole episode on asian gangs and not one interview with an asian . Great journalism 😂

[annsam]

You used the name Khan. That isn't a HINDU NAME.

[robinabbott]

Top class documentary and well presented by the Kemp boys, more please ❤❤❤

[iicordi]

Nothing to do with racism... its about MONEY!!!!

[joelhall]

That bloke trying to excuse the gangs and blaming it on "racists".

What a cope 😂😂

[grahammidwinter]

Tory & Labour are to blame for this terrible mess.

[willowJ-nbiy]

That dude talked so fast that I had no time to catch up my breath 😂

[Seven.Heavenly.Sins.]

This video is quite refreshing to watch because it was Britain that used to export violence and crimes to other countries.

[adamfreeman]

these kemp brothers act like they are top criminal practitioners themselves. with there "jack the lad" delivery and pseudo menacing expressions. as far as i know there claim to fame extends no further than pop music and acting. the closest they came to being "criminals" seems to be their portrayal of the kray twins 34 years ago. i find them comical.

[goonernumone]

About 30 years to late making this, we are talking millions a year from drug dealing- Whitechapel ( in 1990) I knew smack dealers who had 3 cars driving around 24/7 ( by day driggies shoplifting by night the hookers/ working girls from Shoreditch Whitechapel all round brick lane; were talking 3 phones with sequential numbers that was ringing non stop- easy selling a few ounces a day of both ( smack & crack) the working girls ( what 150 of them) would spend 300-400 a night EASY - we're talking serious money & very serious violence- they had a car hire company that the drivers would use & this was also how they was laundering the money, having 30 cars -high end range rovers Audi Q8s that they would allow the gangs to use free ( ferrari & 911S Rolls Royce the higher end the more they was laundering ) as the cars was never hired but shared for free & tge miney from the drug dealing was going through this business- this is just the one I happened to know a whole load about but we're talking millions- in fact it's just got worse, certain areas you stand on a street & within 19 mins you'll be offered drugs ( this is what caused the violence-

[jaspaltoor]

Well all the British Gangster have moved to South of Spain. So just like all other industries we are having to import to fill the vacancies.

[davidwhelan]

Used to work on the rails with Charlie's 2 brothers.
Heard some great stories, along the old Kent Road at his old pub.

[justiceforall]

As long as the gap between the rich and the poor keep widening world wide, this is what we are going to get. The wider the gap, the worse the problems are going to be…

[boomerang]

Perfect documentary for a relaxed Monday evening 😊