A sign marks one of the entrances of the U.S. Army base Fort Lee, which was renamed as Fort Gregg-Adams . [96] He was feared by inmates in his prison wing after a fight with one of them who had to be hospitalized. Documentary, Crime, Mystery. Director: 100 min Last year, gangland " money man" Adams, 63, a member of the notorious Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate, was ordered to hand over the profits he made from a money-laundering racket. The film moves . He was convicted for running a money laundering operation with his associates, which was foiled in 2014 when undercover police heard him discussing the illicit activity at a central London caf in Hatton Garden. An Unreal Dream Salvador Allende, Votes: | [45] Starting out as an armed robber, he worked his way up the criminal career and was involved in West End protection rackets together with his brothers. | The family's oldest member Terry Adams was imprisoned in February 2007 and released on 24 June 2010. | Gross: Luke Epple, 102 min William Bradford Huie's book "The Crime of Ruby McCollum" inspired the new documentary. Frank Fu, | In 2019, still owing millions of pounds to the Adams family, Davenport left the country and fled to Thailand after a stabbing at one of his parties in central London. Patrick Cox was deceived by Davenport who offered a substantial amount of money to purchase the rights to his brand but after signing off the rights to Davenport never received the funds. Syndicate boss Terry Adams, 63, was jailed for seven years in 2007 for . In 1998 Tommy Adams was imprisoned for his involvement in money laundering[3] and a drugs plot that was described as not having been sanctioned by his brothers. Dee Dee Blanchard, [56] Geldoff was a vocalist of an Irish band The Boomtown Rats and was introduced to Adams at the concert in a night club in Soho where his band were performing a 1978 song Rat Trap written by Geldoff. Dan Krauss [47] [76] Having acquired the rights and the stock, Davenport tried to make licensing deals abroad using the Patrick Cox name without Patrick Cox's approval. Yves Gore, R [7], The syndicate's drugs empire was reported to have become so powerful that the British domestic security service MI5 were tasked with bringing them down. Sean Horlor Eight months later, their chief money launderer, 48-year-old Solly Nahome, was gunned down on his doorstep by a hitman riding pillion on a motorbike. The Southern Poverty Law Center in 2012 filed a federal civil rights complaint after a study found black children in Suwannee County and four other Florida school districts were punished or arrested at a higher rate than other students. Spooner first took over the club in 1994, when it was called Embargo, and almost immediately Gilbert Wynter who'd been recently acquitted of killing a former Olympic athlete with a samurai sword muscled in, with Baker by his side. Adams was ordered to pay 650,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Chris Smith [127], Member of the Adams family and son of Patsy Adams, George Adams has burglary and firearm related convictions dating back to 2010 when he was 21 years old. Morris's work is simple and elegant, and that's why it . Baker is in turn linked to a Newcastle based violent criminal who fits the description of the suspect. LIVE OAK, Fla. -- On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked through the "colored entrance" of a doctor's office in the small north Florida town of Live Oak and fatally shot a white doctor, state Sen.-elect Clifford Leroy Adams. Documentary, Biography, Crime. Personnel and members of the Clerkenwell crime syndicate includes some 300 members. "I've never met Wynter or had anything to do with him, and I told the police that.". Nelson Yester, Louie Psihoyos Transcripts of the surveillance by the MI5 and investigations into several front companies Adams set up proved that Adams has operated a string of legitimate businesses including that of a jewellery company, a film production business[25] and a fashion label.[27]. Chris Charles Scott III Director: Created to give logic to mankinds darkest fears, those old Irish tales laid the foundation for what later became the horror genre. Jesse Temple, After September the 11th, Scotland Yard began diverting manpower and resources away from fighting organised crime, and towards the war on terror. | He was sentenced to nine months on the ammunition and one month concurrent on each of the drugs offences suspended for 21 months. Joe Berlinger, Nicky Campbell presents this true crime documentary focusing on the impact of Raoul Moat's murderous rampage across the North East of England in July 2010. [65], In 1980s Adams made a lot of money on drug trafficking, robbery and operating a protection racket but lost around 1.5 million in the early 2000s after a string of poor investments, one of those being the purchase of 33 Portland Place, a 24 bedroom Robert Adam mansion located in the West End which was acquired by Adams jointly with Lord Edward Davenport who used it as his personal residence whilst Adams himself lived on a council estate. Davenport enjoyed wearing expensive Patrick Cox shoes, however Adams never wore them as they did not match up with his tracksuit. 119 min He didn't drop gangster names on me; he dropped posh, rich, influential people's names that he claimed to know, to do business with. Watch True Crime Documentaries | Netflix Official Site 99 min [82] In 2016 Adams was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for wounding a police informant during a fight outside his home in Islington. [43][44] Adams has a lot of Jewish friends and associates who are active in the North London Jewish community and is himself a follower of Judeo-Christian faith. Director: Dean Barrow, | Cutie and the Boxer follows the inspiringbut turbulent40-year relationship of two Japanese-born artists living in New York. Razvan Lutac, Cecilie Fjellhy, Stars: Police, Crown Prosecution Service staff and jurors were said to have been bribed and intimidated leading to not-guilty verdicts against members of the gang that were said to be wrong.[16]. 57,134 [2] 95 min | Stars: | 82 min Donna Hargreaves, Stars: [6] Media reports have stated they have a criminal fortune of up to 200 million. Carlye Rubin Matt White, 50,301 According to a police report seen by VICE, Terry Adams, Gilbert Wynter and Solly Nahome were part of a group of gangsters investing in the Hanging Chadder Quarry project. Stars: Errol Morris' award-winning 1988 documentary presents compelling evidence that Randall Adams was wrongfully convicted of killing a police officer in Dallas, Texas. | | The detectives didn't name Pilkington, who remained friends with Joanna Barnes after the assassination and died of natural causes shortly before the police visit in 2009. This is an abridged and updated version of a series of articles about the Cornerman published in the Bristol Cable. Meet real-life Gangs of London crime family thought to be behind 25 Tongayi Chirisa, TV-14 Mark Jamieson, 96 min Carey Gibson, "Both families were negatively affected by this tragedy. ", Spooner said he was unaware of the threat to his life from Wynter until the police mentioned it to him ten years later, while investigating Baker for the suspected murder of a prison guard of which he was acquitted. She was eventually moved to a state mental hospital, and then freed in 1974 after the state's high court found her legally insane. Documentary, Biography, Crime. James Marsh This exclusive documentary takes a deep dive past the family's perfect facade and into the hypocritical lives of the infamous Falwells. Guide to all the Filming Locations", "Anne-Marie Hutchinson obituary: Internationally renowned Irish lawyer", "Tommy Adams: Notorious 'A-Team' member jailed for money laundering", "Edward Davenport: The scandalous world of Britain's most sociable socialite", "Fast Eddy? | A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years. | Gross: Documentary, Crime, Sport. 105 min Fox on Parkinson's and how he finds "optimism is sustainable", Preview: Michael J. This was again not sanctioned by his brothers and kept secret from the rest of his family. [20], In 2014, Sean "Tommy" Adams and 13 other people believed to be affiliated with the Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate were arrested in a police operation codenamed "Octopod". With Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy. | Documentaries Like The Staircase | POPSUGAR Entertainment | Al Sunshine, Liz Garbus | $0.01M, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King, Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee. Documentary, Crime. Nicky Campbell, TV-MA His 1984 conviction for carrying firearms and wearing a full body armour in a public place ended in a 3-year prison sentence. Nan Talese, | [49] Born to poor Northern Irish emigrants from the remote rural town of Donegal,[50] he was re-told Donegal's old myths, lore and folk tales by his mother as a child and by the age of seven when he knew over a thousand of those, he started selling them to Irish papers in London for 0.90 a tale, re-telling them so well that the Irish papers bought them by the dozen. He was sentenced to at least 36 years in prison. Gay Talese, Director: 92 min | Joshua Oppenheimer, [59] "Broccoli works," he responded. | Stars: [71] Davenport used the money to pay off the compensation order imposed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which left him with 12 million profit. 85 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama. Last year, however, Baker's cockiness and choice of loose-lipped sidekicks finally proved his undoing when he was jailed for 11 years and six months on drugs and blackmail charges. | 'Broken Harts' Review: Examining a Family Tragedy [108] Teirnan requested to see Adams in Islington in December 2013 when Adams was briefly visiting his family in London. Stars: Stars: Richard Brosal, James Galante, A.J. Damien Wayne Echols, | | Wynter saw himself as a silent investor in Embargo, and when he returned from Jamaica he demanded his cut from the Leopard Lounge, or else threatening to take Spooner for a long walk. [67] | 'grass', "Crime boss Terry Adams's wife angered by M15 who 'spied on us alleven our cat", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clerkenwell_crime_syndicate&oldid=1152524491, Organized crime by ethnic or national origin, People from the London Borough of Islington, Secret societies related to organized crime, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles that may contain original research from April 2023, All articles that may contain original research, Pages using infobox criminal organization with rivals parameter, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, The Adams crime family have inspired the 2022 TV series, Clerkenwell crime syndicate was the inspiration for, In 2020 wife of Terry Adams actress Alfie Adams, This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 19:25. Money from crime in Manchester was collected and sent to Tommy via trusted associates. | 120 min | In Live Oak, he was a respected doctor who helped the poor - but records show he forged letters of recommendations to get into medical school. Duff claimed to the police that Baker had admitted murdering Wynter with the help of a childhood friend at a flat in Chelsea, to take over his security operation and retain Spooner as a "golden goose" client. [17] In May 2007 Terry Adams has been ordered to repay 4.7 million in legal aid and pay prosecution costs of 800,000.[18][10]. 147 min Alex Gibney, | Terrorism Close Calls. Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown. | | Gross: Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Directors: Stars: Trial transcripts from 1952 show that Ruby told jurors that she felt pressure to do what Adams told her to do, though the jury was told to disregard much of her testimony after the judge allowed dozens of objections from prosecutors. "Ken had been very close to Gilbert for decades and had stayed with Solly and Jo when he was down from Manchester. Police sources say Andy Baker's name came into the frame almost immediately. Ken Eurell, The 25 best family-friendly documentaries to stream right now Arguably the most infamous London gangland family since the Krays, the Adams are a band of London-Irish brothers who made their money from drugs and laundered it through their nightclubs. | Charlie Russell $0.02M, TV-MA 95 min Documentary, Crime. Herman Koto, With Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Cindy Henderson, John Stephenson. | Stars: Baker was in London and has no alibi for the time of the shooting. During his recent trial, Baker described how, in the early-90s, Christian Arden then-chairman of Po Na Na gave him "a chance" to work for his public company and "earn a very good living and live a very nice lifestyle". Paul Gascoigne, [91], After his release from prison in 1975, having seven years for armed robbery offences, Adams decided to leave crime and opened several legitimate businesses. | | The film re-examines the case of Randall Dale Adams, who at the time of filming was in prison for the murder of a Dallas police officer. A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. The young Baker started off as a bouncer in the Epsom, Surrey area where he was born, before catching his big break working for a group of well-heeled young nightclub entrepreneurs behind the Po Na Na group known as "the plums" who provided the Negronis and nights out to A-list celebrities and the Sloanie set. Richard Brosal, Nickole Atkinson, Susan Morrison, Not Rated Clerkenwell crime syndicate - Wikipedia Documentary, Crime. On 18 May 2007 Adams was ordered to pay 4.8 million in legal fees to three law firms who had initially represented him under the UK's free legal aid scheme. $0.31M, R . 89 min Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation. Stars: Criminals, detectives and crime reporters spread gossip that rival gangsters, perhaps from overseas, had ordered the contract killings, or that the murders were the twisted outgrowth of an internal feud. 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Documentary reopens old wounds from Jim Crow-era killing Tim Travers Hawkins But was he also behind two of London's most notorious gangland killings? 101 min | 26,311 Votes: 49,028 | Gross: $0.89M. Please enter valid email address to continue. [41], Thomas Sean Adams[42] (born in 1958 in London) grew up in a criminal family together with older siblings Terry and Patsy and committed his first robbery aged 14. Clark Gregg, Gum Gang, He admitted a single specimen money-laundering offence on 7 February 2007, and was jailed for seven years; he was released on 24 June 2010, but was recalled to prison in August 2011 for breaching his licence. Jim Benemann, Director: Andrew Callaghan, He needed to hide the baby because it was around the time he was running for state senate. A true crime documentary about one of Alabama's most horrifying cases. The North Londoners, once estimated to be worth 200million, had many names, including the Clerkenwell crime syndicate, the Adams Family and the A-Team. Jean-Louis Blondeau, All Rights Reserved. Documentary, Crime. Organised crime documatary playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCrmQqdC9LOJWSuOEduvTs3-SUkdR7LlMafia documentary playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCrmQqdC9LPIuyz21ZJlBxyxfYUpFcyRBank robbery documentary playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCrmQqdC9LOQq2_6kG5du48p6jRd0FZA#documentary #truecrime #mafia #londongangland #London #organisedcrime | Documentary, Crime. | Gross: Adam O'Brian, [57], On 2 November 2017 Tommy Adams' son of a Jewish-Cypriot origin, Shaun George Adams (born February 1985)[58] of Claremont Square, Islington, pleaded guilty to money laundering admitting using a forged pay slip to get a 231,000 mortgage to buy the lease on a pub in Marylebone. [90], Following his conviction for possession of firearm and ammunition in 1968 when he was just 12, Adams left school and graduated to armed robbery. | 97 min Space Invader, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes. Huie's conclusion didn't seem right to the documentary's producer Jude Hagin, a Florida film commissioner who discovered Huie's book 14 years ago. Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world. 10,641 The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea. The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company. Randall Adams, "Green beans work, too." In a new documentary from Netflix, newly-revealed letters and texts show that Shanann had no idea that her marriage . [11] The family is believed to have connections with various criminal organisations, specifically with South American drug cartels and Cosa Nostra.[12]. With the heartbreaking details emerging, the family's story made headlines around the world. | Myles Kane, [23] MI5, in a unique inter-departmental collaboration the first of its kind after the Cold War ended, played a leading part in the electronic war against organised crime and turned its sights on Adams' international criminal cartel. | Sloane Klevin | "Gil was very dishevelled," they said, "and looked to me as if he was on drugs in the way he had let himself go. "He's got a natural cunning when it comes to making money.". | [130], In November 2010 George Adams was arrested stealing 2,000 of stock from Zee & Co boutique in Upper Street, Islington. But the project was beset with objections from the local community and, by November of 1998, the Adams family wanted their 300,000 investment back. A group of investors turned sleuths as they try to unlock the suspicious death of cryptocurrency multimillionaire Gerry Cotten and the missing $250 million they believe he stole from them. His wife became concerned about Adams as she considered Davenport a bad influence because Davenport was friends with the blonde woman who Adams became interested in and later requested to be put in touch with her after seeing her picture in Davenport friends' cell. The Addams Family When long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez and Morticia plan a celebration to wake the dead. | Open case files remain untried on Operation Trinity records and rumour still exists that several further prosecutions may eventually come to trial. Documentary, Biography, Crime. Erlend Ofte Arntsen, R By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. At the time, in December 2014, of the death of a bankrupt businessman Scot Young, who had been involved in 2013 in a high-profile divorce case, media reports that flagged Young's involvement with Patrick Adams asserted that Tommy Adams and Michael Adams faced no charges after their arrest earlier in 2014. | Director: [104] Adams ran up to Teirnans car and managed to grab the weapon. Adams was sentenced to nine years imprisonment having admitted shooting Paul Tiernan with a .45 calibre pistol in December 2013. Susan Broberg, Not Rated ", Prince Harry leaving Public in September of 2011. | When paved, the land would become a cash business lorry park, where the gangsters could launder their money.