English organized crime group based in Bethnal Green, London, led by the Kray twins from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968. Involved in murder, armed robbery, arson, protection rackets, gambling, and assaults. Gained celebrity status in the 1960s before being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
CRIMENET has extracted 16 linkages for this organization, including 9 cooperative ties across 8 organizations, 5 conflicts across 1 organization, 2 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
The following year, a Montreal branch of the Royal Bank of Canada was robbed of C$ 50,000 in bearer bonds. Similar robberies in Montreal resulted in a haul totaling C$1 million. The Montreal-based Cotroni crime family... decided to sell the stolen bonds in Britain through the Krays.