Criminal from Germany full of dread (8)
I believe the answer is:
gangster
'criminal' is the definition.
(I know that gangster is a type of criminal)
'germany full of dread' is the wordplay.
'germany' becomes 'ger' (I've seen this in other clues).
'full of' is an insertion indicator.
'dread' becomes 'angst' (I've seen this before).
'ger' placed around 'angst' is 'GANGSTER'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for gangster that I've seen before include "One of a group of violent criminals" , "Hood, desperado" , "Mobster" , "Soprano possibly" , "Member of criminal group" .)