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Can you imagine what black cabbies would be saying if it was a minicab outfit?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/0 ... -200-years

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IDFIMH

A few high profile cases doesnt come anywhere near the minicab problem in london.

An extract from the article reads;

They learned that the accomplice was 47-year-old Eyad Iktilat, who operated Royal Oak Taxis, which masqueraded as a taxi repair and loan company but was in fact a front for a vast criminal empire.

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I always thought the London cab trade WAS a criminal organisation......lol

Gangsters Brothers Cousin used to frequent the Royal Oak

Are there that many minicab firms doing £100,000,000 of dodgy deals then?

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IDFIMH

So that's how he paid for his island in the Arctic.

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IDFIMH

And WTF has a taxi repair / rental garage got to do with licensed London Taxi drivers?

Answer: SFA.

Where does it mention licensed drivers?

I'm sure if you ran criminal record checks on everyone that works at Mann and Overton, or KPM Mercedes, you would have a few interesting characters, but none are London cab drivers.

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As i said got very little to do with licensed london drivers,how many minicabs are done for sexual assaults in london each year ?But who do you remember worboys ! Why dont you then think all firefighters are bent cause one was charged.

This is a futile and pointless argument the people convicted were a garage owner and associates including a firefighter lauded for his bravery on 7/7

To suggest that this is in anyway a reflection on the integrity of the hackney or PH trade is ridiculous after all this garage was not servicing black cabs only according to one report I heard they did all sorts of work including black cabs and the money laundering was a sideline using the premises as an exchange point

They made some serious money. I wonder how many more cab firms are washing dirty money???

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Nope, you're confusing the phrase 'cab firm' with what you would expect to find out in county mounty land.

They repaired and hired taxis out to drivers, they were'nt a Radio taxi firm.

Radio taxi firms in London consist of three big circuits with thousands of taxis on them.