Criminal Record: How Lyons and Daniels gangs changed drug trade | Scotland's knife crime solution

Retired police chief Graeme Pearson has called for tough new measures to prevent young people from becoming involved in organised crime.

In an exclusive interview with Criminal Record the former Director General of the elite Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency says a proposed Scottish Government summit on youth violence should also look at ways of keeping teenagers from the clutches of the drugs gangs.

Mr Pearson has also called for tough new Proceeds of Crime laws to enable the courts to seize the criminal fortunes of dealers.

Norman Silvester is joined by Graeme Pearson on this week’s Criminal Record podcast to continue our examination of the long running Lyons and Daniel gangland feud which saw two Lyons family members Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons jnr shot dead last month in a bar owned by Monaghan in Spain.

Closer to home police have been investigating a series of targeted fire bombing and other attacks against Daniel family members and associates since March in both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

We will also take a look at plans by First Minister John Swinney for an anti youth violence summit to tackle the problem of knife crime among the young.

If you have a question for the team, you can leave us a comment on Youtube or emailing [email protected] with the subject line Criminal Record.

We will be back next week, in the meantime you can subscribe to listen to this podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts by searching for ‘Criminal Record’ - or you can watch it each week on our Youtube Channel.

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