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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	I'll join yer wee downvote club. I had a young lad in the car a while back that had his own barber shop. A group of Turkish "barbers" came in and offered to buy him out. He told them he wasnt wanting to sell. He had just set the thing up a year or so before and was living his wee dream. These guys started to intimidate him, coming by nearly every day. Never making any threats, but being threatening all the same. They would come in and sit on the waiting seats, talking in foreign language, sit for about an hour then leave. One time they walked in and started measuring the place with a tape, just not giving a fuck. They would continue "asking" to buy his lease and business for silly prices like 10k. These guys were adamant they were going to take this boys shop off him. He was saying he won't give in, but at that point had his brothers and cousins sit in the shop with him just in case. Anyway, I drive past his place now and it's a Turkish barbers. I've seen similar tactics in the private hire game. The big companies are only that big because they buy out their smaller rivals with offers not to be refused. These Turkish barber places that are all over the place are 100% fronts for organised crime. The only reason they are able to spend an hour on a customer for a measly tenner is because they exist to launder dirty money. There are foreign organised crime groups operating in this city while people want to believe it or not. These Turkish barbers are part of it. I know for a fact that the Iranian mafia are active in Glasgow, but can't tell that story, but it's not to do with the barber places.
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Created	Wed 25th Dec 2019 9:39am
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I'll join yer wee downvote club.

I had a young lad in the car a while back that had his own barber shop. A group of Turkish "barbers" came in and offered to buy him out. He told them he wasnt wanting to sell. He had just set the thing up a year or so before and was living his wee dream. These guys started to intimidate him, coming by nearly every day. Never making any threats, but being threatening all the same. They would come in and sit on the waiting seats, talking in foreign language, sit for about an hour then leave. One time they walked in and started measuring the place with a tape, just not giving a fuck. They would continue "asking" to buy his lease and business for silly prices like 10k. These guys were adamant they were going to take this boys shop off him. He was saying he won't give in, but at that point had his brothers and cousins sit in the shop with him just in case.

Anyway, I drive past his place now and it's a Turkish barbers.

I've seen similar tactics in the private hire game. The big companies are only that big because they buy out their smaller rivals with offers not to be refused.

These Turkish barber places that are all over the place are 100% fronts for organised crime. The only reason they are able to spend an hour on a customer for a measly tenner is because they exist to launder dirty money.

There are foreign organised crime groups operating in this city while people want to believe it or not. These Turkish barbers are part of it. I know for a fact that the Iranian mafia are active in Glasgow, but can't tell that story, but it's not to do with the barber places.