ANTHONY WOODS FRANCIS MULLIGAN
ANTHONY Woods, 45, and Francis Mulligan, 43, were handed orders totalling £1.6million last year after being jailed in January 2018 for multiple charges linked to serious organised crime. Woods, described as the mob’s electronics expert, was sentenced to 11 years in prison – later reduced by 28 months – while Mulligan was sentenced to almost nine years. both men were responsible for creating secret hiding spaces in premises and vehicles to stash weapons, drugs and cash. They supplied encrypted mobile phones and false identities to gang members, including fake facial hair and wigs for disguises. They also organised counter-surveillance and anti-surveillance tactics against the police and gang rivals, including specialist signal jammers. They were among 10 associates locked up after being snared for their dealings in drugs, firearms, serious violence and dirty money. Members of the gang were jailed for a total of 87 years. chief Superintendent gerry Mclean, head of organised crime and counter-terrorism, said the men were “responsible for bringing fear and misery to communities across Scotland”. Prosecutor Alex Prentice Qc said they were the most “sophisticated” gang encountered by police, saying they were “top of the chain in terms of drugs transactions in Scotland and the UK as a whole”. in June last year, prosecutors identified £875,000 they could seize from Woods and £810,000 from Mulligan.