A former enforcer with the notorious Adams crime family has been jailed for his role in providing fraudulent passports to dozens of wanted gangsters across Europe.

Christopher Zietek (aka McCormack) was a debt collector who acted as “muscle” for the powerful Clerkenwell crime syndicate.

In 1999 he was acquitted of grievous bodily harm after being accused of attacking a financier who owed the Adams brothers money.

But the convicted armed robber was arrested in 2021 after a covert operation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) found he was acting as a broker for international fugitives who needed false documents to stay one step ahead of the law.

With the help of Anthony Beard, 61, who sourced the fraudulently-obtained genuine passports (FOGs), McCormack helped murderers, drug dealers and money launderers remain at large.