Organised crime in Scotland is set to be decapitated in 2022 – thanks to the biggest police intelligence coup in history.Dozens of gangland figures are facing long stretches behind bars after French detectives breached the secret EncroChat mobile phone network.
Millions of pounds’ worth of drugs and firearms have been seized in busts across the continent and law chiefs have been handed a goldmine of damning evidence against some of the most feared mobs in Europe including Scots crime clans.
Now the Record can reveal Crown Office officials in Edinburgh are preparing a staggering 50 prosecutions – on top of the 11 that have already gone to court.Experts claim a catalogue of convictions will wreak carnage on crime networks – and hand Scotland
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