ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses the factors which contributed to the development and eventual fragmentation of an organized crime network operational between the late 1980s and 1995 in London and Essex. It charts the development of the network, emphasizing the role of social capital. It then demonstrates how the network fragmented once the members of the core clique diminished their social capital through: bullying, deceit, unnecessary use of violence, erratic behaviour and failure to deliver agreed goods. This supports previous research that a threshold of violence and dishonesty, and reputations for violence and dishonesty, can be unhelpful for criminal entrepreneurs and enterprises.
