supergrasses

And we don't need to bump off the miscreants - once they have been exposed as 'supergrasses' we just film them 'offing each other' for the night's YouTube entertainment.

As if the Greeks will listen to that! 2008

He destroyed the London underworld's "honor among thieves" by assembling a network of "supergrasses" — highly placed gangland informers.

An Old-School Copper 2005

He destroyed the London underworld's "honor among thieves" by assembling a network of "supergrasses" — highly placed gangland informers.

An Old-School Copper 2005

He destroyed the London underworld's "honor among thieves" by assembling a network of "supergrasses" — highly placed gangland informers.

An Old-School Copper 2005

He is one of 158 supergrasses used since 2006, primarily by the Met, Merseyside police and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Met's supergrass system called into question by dismissal of Gary Eaton 2011

Senior police officers appear to be split on the issue of supergrasses.

Met's supergrass system called into question by dismissal of Gary Eaton 2011

Eaton was the one of the first supergrasses to be recruited by the Metropolitan police under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, which came into force in 2006 and was designed to clean up the supergrass system after it came into disrepute in the 1980s.

Met's supergrass system called into question by dismissal of Gary Eaton 2011

The officer, who was in charge of a "significant" network of about 50 "supergrasses" throughout the region, won a record £790,000 payout from the government earlier this year, as a result of his trauma.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew Hough 2011

Chief Constable Jon Murphy, head of crime for the Association of Chief Police Officers Acpo, says using supergrasses is akin to "dancing with the devil".

The Guardian World News Sandra Laville 2011

Senior police officers appear to be split on the issue of supergrasses.

The Guardian World News Sandra Laville 2011