Liverpool's sickening gang violence is being fed by the fallout of a major police takedown of organised crime in the city, it is claimed.
Younger criminals - many considered to be more brazen and violent - are “backfilling” the vacancies left by hundreds of older gangsters who have been arrested or are on the run.
More than 200 mid and high ranking Merseyside criminals have been arrested over the last two years since police cracked their secure Encrochat phone system.
