SCAPPATICCI’S PAY DAY

Freddie Scappaticci

Freddie Scappaticci, a member of the IRA, became an agent for British Army intelligence in 1978. He eventually became second in command of the feared Internal Security Unit, known as the “nutting squad”. In 1982, he became an agent of the British Army’s newly formed Force Research Unit. Scappaticci, who died in 2023, consistently claimed… Read more »

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