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- The Fitzgibbon brothers behaved as if they were managing directors of their 'drugs business'. Three members of a "notorious" criminal family in Liverpool have been jailed over a failed plot to smuggle more than £6m of heroin into Britain.
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Dec 16, 2018 · Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon were both jailed in 2013 after it emerged they were plotting to flood the UK with Turkish heroin.
Jun 14, 2013 · Three members of a "notorious" criminal family in Liverpool have been jailed over a failed plot to smuggle more than £6m of heroin into Britain. Ian Fitzgibbon, 39, and his...
Mar 12, 2022 · Jason and Ian Fitzgibbon were both jailed in 2013 after it emerged they were plotting to flood the UK with Turkish heroin.
- Place of Safety
- Circuitous Trips
- Extreme Violence
- Ripping Off The State
They flooded Merseyside with heroin from Turkey, cocaine from South America, ecstasy from Holland – and all controlled from a double semi-detatched house in a suburb of Liverpool. 32 Edale Road, Allerton, Liverpool, was the family home. It was also headquarters of the drug-trafficking business. And it was what they thought was their place of safety...
For three years they were a top Soca target. They used false passports to travel, booked flights they never caught, and paid for with cloned cards. Trips to Turkey were via circuitous routes. In the end, a carboot load of heroin was found in Istanbul, about to leave for the UK. £7m down the drain – but worse still, the notorious family was rumbled ...
Crime writer Graham Johnson, who studied the family, told Channel 4 News: “The Fitzgibbon crime family have been major players in organised crime for 30 or 40 years, and one of the reasons they’ve stayed at the top of their game is because they use extreme violence when necessary to protect their interests. “They can be very intimidating and are ve...
For all the while they were stuffing wads of cash under the floorbards, Christine and husband Billy Fitzgibbon were ripping off the state: £1,500 a month in benefits including pension credits, disability allowance. They had a villa in Spain bought with state handouts, while the drugs cash poured in and business was good. The Department of Work & Pe...
Mar 20, 2024 · Fitzgibbon snr was jailed for 14-and-a-half years after admitting conspiracy to supply heroin, while Jason was jailed for 16 years after admitting conspiracy to import the Class A drug....
Aug 5, 2023 · Jason Fitzgibbon, then of Aigburth, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import heroin and was jailed for 16 years. Christine Fitzgibbon admitted money laundering and was jailed for two years.
Jun 14, 2013 · Christine Fitzgibbon and her sons, Ian and Jason were caught after authorities seized 126lb (57kg) of the class A drug in Turkey and followed the trail back to the family.
