:00:00. > :00:12.of that interview with Pele on BBC One at 10:35pm.
:00:13. > :00:17.Good evening and welcome to BBC London News, with me Asad Ahmad.
:00:18. > :00:20.A secret report into widespread corruption among some Metropolitan
:00:21. > :00:24.Police detectives over a decade ago can be revealed tonight.
:00:25. > :00:28.The document claims more th`n 4 officers were working with crime
:00:29. > :00:31.syndicates linked to offencds including murders
:00:32. > :00:41.Tonight a senior MP said he'll be contacting Scotland Yard to find
:00:42. > :00:44.out why the contents of the report hadn't been made public earlier
:00:45. > :00:47.Our home affairs corresponddnt Guy Smith has this special report.
:00:48. > :00:50.And five more pages with very little detail
:00:51. > :00:56.about how organised crime sxndicates infiltrated Scotland Yard.
:00:57. > :01:01.That's all that the Met Polhce wanted MPs to know.
:01:02. > :01:05.But BBC London can reveal mtch more ` that there are 180 pages
:01:06. > :01:09.of top`secret intelligence about how criminals bribed police
:01:10. > :01:14.officers to evade justice, about drug deals, armed robberies,
:01:15. > :01:21.The document, called Operation Tiberius, shows just how
:01:22. > :01:31.bad the problem of police corruption had become in some areas of London.
:01:32. > :01:33.A secret Scotland Yard unit identified 42 serving officdrs as
:01:34. > :01:36.corrupt, 19 ex`officers and the same number of career criminals linked to
:01:37. > :01:44.Organised crime is currentlx able to infiltrate the
:01:45. > :01:50.Existing murder investigations have been compromised.
:01:51. > :01:53.Sensitive intelligence has been leaked and the syndicates continue
:01:54. > :01:57.to flourish and gain confiddnce in their ability to evade prosecution.
:01:58. > :02:00.Tony Harris was the chairman of the now`defunct
:02:01. > :02:11.`` Toby Harris. It acted as a watchdog, overseeing and
:02:12. > :02:15.He says the Met at the time reassured him they had
:02:16. > :02:18.Either senior officers were unbelievably complacent `
:02:19. > :02:20.they weren't asking the right questions, they weren't being told
:02:21. > :02:24.the situation ` or alternatively a deliberate decision was takdn that
:02:25. > :02:27.it would be inappropriate to draw attention to just how weakened
:02:28. > :02:32.A deliberate intention, if xou like, almost to mislead
:02:33. > :02:37.Well, the crime syndicate is the customer.
:02:38. > :02:43.They have a so`called conduit, more commonly known as a go`betwden.
:02:44. > :02:45.In most cases, this is an ex`detective who has
:02:46. > :02:48.close contacts with serving officers who, in turn, have access to
:02:49. > :02:52.sensitive intelligence and the Met's valuable databases.
:02:53. > :02:55.The conduit is often the only one who knows the customer.
:02:56. > :02:59.One reason given in the doctment is that it distances key members of a
:03:00. > :03:05.But one of the most disturbing statements in this document is
:03:06. > :03:11.I feel that at the current time I cannot carry out an ethical murder
:03:12. > :03:15.investigation without the fear it being compromisdd.
:03:16. > :03:18.To be perfectly frank, it was quite possible to give us
:03:19. > :03:22.this information in the publication without the names of the officers.
:03:23. > :03:26.We weren't interested in the names, we were interested in the extent
:03:27. > :03:30.of the problem of corruption and what the Metropolitan Police
:03:31. > :03:35.So I'm extremely disappointed and I will be writing to the
:03:36. > :03:39.The full scale of corruption is unknown
:03:40. > :03:43.but it provides a disturbing insight into the threat to the criminal
:03:44. > :03:57.Guy is with me now. What are the Metropolitan Police saying? Well, to
:03:58. > :04:02.be fair to them, they have hnvited be fair to them, they have hnvited
:04:03. > :04:07.MPs to read a full, unredacted copy of the document in private but say
:04:08. > :04:10.they won't discuss it in public for obvious reasons. They don't want to
:04:11. > :04:15.compromise their sources, their tactics or current investig`tions. I
:04:16. > :04:20.asked them a series of questions earlier. Firstly, how many
:04:21. > :04:22.individuals in the document had they prosecuted or convicted over ten
:04:23. > :04:27.years? They could give exact numbers. I asked them how confident
:04:28. > :04:29.they are that the level of corruption is not still ongoing.
:04:30. > :04:29.they are that the level of corruption is not still ongoing In
:04:30. > :04:33.corruption is not still ongoing. In a statement, they say that the
:04:34. > :04:35.nature of corruption within the Met has changed over the last decade but
:04:36. > :04:39.has changed over the last ddcade but they still have up to six live
:04:40. > :04:42.anti`corruption investigations running at any one time. They say
:04:43. > :04:44.they're determined to tackld running at any one time. Thdy say
:04:45. > :04:46.they're determined to tackld current corrupt staff. Guy Smith, thank you.
:04:47. > :05:00.Part of central London came to a standstill today over a smartphone
:05:01. > :05:03.up. Cabbies are angry what they say is a lack of action by Transport for
:05:04. > :05:07.London over the app Uber. Central London became
:05:08. > :05:09.a car park this afternoon as cabbies We've got a right needle
:05:10. > :05:13.on this one, guv. We're all sticking together
:05:14. > :05:15.on this. This is going to spread all over
:05:16. > :05:17.the country. It's not just London,
:05:18. > :05:19.it's everyone's problem. The Met used public order
:05:20. > :05:21.legislation to restrict this demonstration to just Whitehall
:05:22. > :05:25.for one hour but there was still widespread gridlock right
:05:26. > :05:31.across central London. The reason all these cab drivers are
:05:32. > :05:33.here today is because Transport for London refuses to enforce
:05:34. > :05:36.their own laws. Some of the anger comes
:05:37. > :05:38.from Transport for London licensing this
:05:39. > :05:43.smartphone app, Uber. Cabbies believe its systems are
:05:44. > :05:47.in effect, meters for minicabs and by law, Hackney carriages are
:05:48. > :05:52.the only ones that can use those. TfL says it licensed Uber
:05:53. > :05:59.after a compliance check. It does, though, want changds to
:06:00. > :06:02.the website to make it clear Should you have licensed them
:06:03. > :06:09.if they're not complying with your They are complying with
:06:10. > :06:14.the rules. You just
:06:15. > :06:15.said they're not. No, what I said was, there `re some
:06:16. > :06:18.things in the terms and conditions which thetrade have said to us,
:06:19. > :06:22.and people have said to us, isn t We agree with that, Uber London
:06:23. > :06:28.agrees with that and we are working Uber says it complies with
:06:29. > :06:31.legislation and is bringing The issue will end up in thd
:06:32. > :06:38.High Court. The whole industry is now facing
:06:39. > :06:50.big changes driven by technology. That's it from me for tonight. Time
:06:51. > :06:53.to hand you over to Chris for the weather.
:06:54. > :06:59.It wasn't bad today but we'll do better for tomorrow. Tonight it
:07:00. > :07:04.stays dry and clear with temperatures just gradually drifting
:07:05. > :07:05.down to around 50 `` 15 degrees in the centre of town so not a cold
:07:06. > :07:10.night. Tomorrow, more sunshine and a night. Tomorrow, more sunshine and a
:07:11. > :07:15.warmer days so it's time to dig out the sunglasses. Clear skies to start
:07:16. > :07:19.the day. A bit of cloud in the afternoon but look at temperatures
:07:20. > :07:23.rocketing upwards with highs or 26 in the centre of London as we head
:07:24. > :07:25.through the afternoon. That will get really close to being the warmest
:07:26. > :07:29.really close to being the w`rmest day of the year. So more warm
:07:30. > :07:31.sunshine on Friday but with the risk of a late storm, it turns a bit
:07:32. > :07:32.fresher into the weekend. of a late storm, it turns a bit
:07:33. > :07:43.fresher into the weekend. On the eve of the World Cup, there
:07:44. > :07:46.was a bit of Brazil in Bridlington today because Bridlington on the
:07:47. > :07:51.east Yorkshire Coast shared the same top temperature as the Brazilian
:07:52. > :07:54.city of Sao Paulo, 22 degrees. That is as the weather settles down
:07:55. > :07:58.across the UK as this area of high pressure comes in. It's still with
:07:59. > :08:02.us at the weekend but its position will have changed slightly, changing
:08:03. > :08:06.the weather for some of us as a result, as we'll see in a moment.
:08:07. > :08:10.For the rest of tonight, it is dry and mainly clear. There will be some
:08:11. > :08:14.patchy mist and fog forming in south-west England and Wales, which
:08:15. > :08:18.will create weekly in the morning, and amateurs will fall away in the
:08:19. > :08:23.larger towns and city centres and in the countryside, six or seven.
:08:24. > :08:24.Northern Ireland will stay dry but in