300 city firms in links to crime lords

300 city firms in links to crime lords: "Police have uncovered gangster links at nearly 300 firms in and around Glasgow, The Evening Times can reveal today.
Detectives pinpointed the companies as they carried out their biggest ever campaign against the respectable “fronts” of organised crime in the west of Scotland.
They have flushed out firms as varied as second-hand car dealerships and tanning salons that they believe are being used as cover for major gangland figures.
Strathclyde Police used Proceeds of Crime laws to freeze some £3.5 million in assets at the companies and seized more than another £300,000 in goods and cash during their six-week Operation Enterprise.
But they have also, for the first time, revealed the true scale of criminal infiltration of Glasgow’s business world.
Detective Inspector Joe McKerns, said: “We have identified almost 300 businesses as having links to organised crime groups.”"