The city of Liverpool is not alone in having a problem with crime families, drugs and violence – but its most powerful gangsters have long been a subject of fascination for observers in both fiction and real life.
And behind many of the men who have brought misery to the city, there are women attracted to the power of its most notorious criminals.
From Curtis Warren in the 1990s to the Huyton Firm of more recent years, Liverpool is sometimes called the ‘Naples of the North’ due to its links, real and imagined, to organised crime.
On Sunday, the gritty Liverpool-based BBC drama This City is
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