Dad-of-two was ‘kidnapped, tortured & set on fire after losing £1million-worth of cigarettes in gang row’

A dad-of-two named Tomasz Samel faced a harrowing ordeal when he was kidnapped, tortured, and set on fire by a gang after a dispute over £1 million worth of cigarettes. The court heard that in 2019, Samel was abducted in Birmingham by three men pretending to be from Interpol and taken to Liverpool, where he suffered severe abuse. This shocking incident highlights the violent lengths criminal gangs will go to settle their disputes, underscoring the urgent need for better enforcement and prevention strategies against organized crime.