Britain's corrupt police – The inside story

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Britain’s police forces seem constantly embroiled in scandal. Where does this stem from and where is most of the corruption? Former police officer and undercover drugs operative Neil Woods, author of Good Cop, Bad War, talks to Alex Andreou about the extent of police corruption in Britain and the pressing need for drug reform to reduce the problem. • “If the public understood the extent of corruption caused by drug policy, we would have a referendum... Drug laws in this country are not ethically sound.” – Neil Woods • “Because criminals control the over £10 billion a year drug market, which is completely unregulated, the vastness of that wealth is what gives organised crime its power to corrupt.” – Neil Woods www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson and artwork by James Parrett. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.0	There is no more important asset to organized crime than a corrupt police officer.
1:21.0	Those are the words of my guest today. A former police officer and
1:24.0	undercover drugs operative himself. He now devotes his working life to
1:28.1	campaigning against police corruption for the protection of whistleblowers and
1:32.2	for a form of drug policy for reform of drug policy.
1:34.0	Welcome to the bunker, Neil Woods.
1:36.0	Thank you for having me, Alex.
1:37.7	Neil, I did a bit of work in a number of interviews
1:40.6	on the Daniel Morgan case, and the report that followed it. of the
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