The drugs business is controlled not by Jamaicans, Chinese or other immigrant gangs, but by white, middle-aged career criminals who run their operations in ways that any businessman would recognise. For film, fiction and sensational journalism, the idea of an invasion of exotic drugs gangs is irresistible. Occasional drive-by shootings involving Jamaican Yardies with noms de guerre such as Thin Hand Barry and Juggernaught help bolster the myth that foreigners—not just Yardies, but also Chinese Triad gangsters and the Russian mafia—are spreading a culture of drugs and violence in Britain. But the truth has less in common with bullet-riddled Hollywood films than it has with "Minder", the classic television portrayal of the seedy World of middle-aged London criminals.
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机译：毒品交易不是由牙买加人，中国人或其他移民团伙控制，而是由白人，中年职业犯罪分子控制，他们以任何商人都认可的方式开展业务。对于电影，小说和耸人听闻的新闻业而言，入侵外来毒品团伙的想法是不可抗拒的。偶尔发生的驾车枪击案涉及牙买加监狱与稀薄的巴里（Thin Hand Barry）和贾格诺（Juggernaught）之类的游击队，助长了这样一个神话：外国人（不仅是院子，还有中国黑社会黑帮和俄罗斯黑手党）正在英国传播一种毒品和暴力文化。但是，事实真相与布满弹丸的好莱坞电影相比，与“ Minder”的共同点少，这是经典的电视剧，描绘了伦敦中年犯罪分子肮脏的世界。
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