I know a lot of guys from Glasgow and a lot of them have big facial scars from knife attacks. It's somewhat of a sport down there it seems, real crazy shit.

There's also a lot of drug abuse, especially heroin, even under teenagers and people in their 20's. Which is totally different from Holland or Belgium, where heroin/opiates isn't the drug of choice at all under youngsters. It's totally 'unfashionable' and considered a loser's drug.

Thank god, most of the junk that's moved here goes to the UK, last week they found 100 kg in a van.

The Turks and Kurds are very big in 'Babania' over here and in the UK.
There are a lot of these Baybasins all over Europe.

Yes, we talking about a clan of thousands, in fact the whole district Lice in South East Turkey. Baybasin family has been involved in largescale heroin smuggling in Britain,Germany,the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.

Glasgow is a big city up in Scotland and there is a big sectarian divide.There has been many a hard man from there,but narcotics put the little man on the map.Most of the drugs that go up there comes from Liverpool,and has been for a long time.Billy,your spot on about the facial scars that many a Glaswegian carry,and razor marking was a Glasgow trade mark..Down here in Liverpool we don't really mark you up,we just shoot you,lol.

Another European crime boss settles in safehaven Dubai.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2434988/scots-gang-steven-lyons-dubai-bounty/

Six face trial over gangland murder bids

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-45321011

Yeah. The sectarian divide in that city is poisonous, just like Northern Ireland. The hatred some Scottish Protestants have for Irish Catholics really is something else. I've known of Irish people who've went to Canada and had Canadians of Scottish Protestant lineage almost drooling with rage and screaming vitriol at them once they find out they're Irish LOL. The hatred goes both ways, but trust me, it's worse from the Protestants. You wouldn't get Americans of Irish Catholic descent racially abusing Scottish people.

I remember being in Edinburgh and being told by the guy in the hostel I was staying at that I shouldn't be wearing blue because Celtic were playing, and sure enough I get loads of nasty looks walking down the street minding my own business.

I don't give a shit about Celtic or Rangers, Catholic or Protestant, why can't we all get along. Life is too short for this shit,

And, yes, the "Glasgow smile" originated in Glasgow. They cut you from ear to ear.

The sectarian divide doesn't seem to be much of a problem when it comes to crime though. You look up some of the busts, you'll find Scottish as well as Irish leaning surnames in the same bust.

I'm with you on everyone getting along.

Glasgow Rangers shareholders 'have links to organized crime'

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1052861/rangers-shareholders-links-to-crime-hearing-dave-king

European Arrest Warrants have been issued for five Scots linked to one of the country's top organised crime groups.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-47189715


Hughes has been linked to the murder of former dutch criminal and blogger Martin Kok.

Kok probably got on the bad side of the wrong bunch of Scots. Some nutcases up there in Glasgow.

Glasgow crime family in mourning after sudden death of gangland boss Eddie Lyon's sister

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-crime-family-mourning-after-22208101

Glasgow has a huge drug problem, it's really horrible to see it destroying communities

True and for decades. Just watch Trainspotting.