Ultimate Girl Gang: Britain’s Biggest Shoplifting Network (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

An armed London gang ambushes a Securicor van carrying £750,000. November 1990, Reigate, Surrey, and an armed London gang ambush a Securicor van carrying £750,000. However, this time the cops are one step ahead of the game and are on the verge of busting the biggest South London crime family since the Krays. In the 1920s, the streets of South London were ruled by a totally different gang from the metropolis. Their leader, or so-called Queen, was Alice Diamond. Her gang of forty female thieves was the biggest shoplifting network ever seen in Britain. Eventually Diamond would lose control and bring about her own downfall. This documentary series explores the history of British gangsters, from their early criminal origins to today’s modern underworld. Gary and Martin Kemp, the hosts, travel to various British cities to investigate current crime. From Gangs of Britain S1 EP6