David Charles Hunt (born April 1961) is an English suspected organised crime boss linked to violence, fraud, prostitution, money laundering and murder.
[1][2] He heads a gang dubbed 'The Hunt Syndicate',[3] which has been described as being an extensive criminal empire that has so far evaded significant penetration from law enforcement.
[5] In a confidential police report from the early 2000s which was later leaked online,[6] Hunt's gang was said to include family members and the father of well-known reality TV star Mark Wright.
[14] A police investigation into organised crime groups in north and east London, codenamed Operation Tiberius, included details of the activities of the Hunt Syndicate.
The judge stated that it was "reasonable to describe the claimant as a violent and dangerous criminal and the head of an organised crime group implicated in murder, drug trafficking and fraud".
[21] It was also revealed that whilst owing The Sunday Times £805,000 in legal costs, Hunt borrowed £1 million from former pornographer and newspaper owner and current West Ham United F.C.
[25] Amidst the Panama Papers leak of April 2016, it was revealed by The Guardian that Hunt was a client of Mossack Fonseca and owned an offshore company, EMM Limited, which held ownership of an iron and steel business in East London.