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NCA seize cannabis worth £6m in Northern Ireland

NCA seize cannabis worth £6m in Northern Ireland

A lorry driver from Portadown has been arrested by National Crime Agency officers over a 300 kilo cannabis seizure at the port in Belfast.

26 May 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Children's mental health worker who sexually groomed patients on Snapchat convicted

Children's mental health worker who sexually groomed patients on Snapchat convicted

A mental healthcare assistant who groomed vulnerable underage patients at the clinic where he worked into sending sexualised images has been convicted.

26 May 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
£38.8m worth of heroin recovered from cover load of pomegranate juice

£38.8m worth of heroin recovered from cover load of pomegranate juice

National Crime Agency investigators have foiled a plot to smuggle heroin with a street value of £38.8m into the UK in bottles of pomegranate juice.

25 May 2023
  • Drug trafficking
NCA investigates land in Co Armagh suspected of being purchased with fraud money

NCA investigates land in Co Armagh suspected of being purchased with fraud money

National Crime Agency officers have obtained a freezing order for a plot of land in County Armagh as part of an ongoing civil recovery investigation.

25 May 2023
  • Fraud
Man charged with firearms offences after NCA investigation

Man charged with firearms offences after NCA investigation

A man from Rotherham has been arrested and charged with firearms offences after National Crime Agency officers tracked him down after almost two years on the run.

24 May 2023
  • Firearms
Teacher charged with additional child sexual abuse offences

Teacher charged with additional child sexual abuse offences

A former deputy head teacher of a primary school has been charged with an additional 17 counts of child sexual abuse as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

23 May 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Drug trafficking and money laundering kingpin told to hand over £630k

Drug trafficking and money laundering kingpin told to hand over £630k

A former haulage firm owner jailed for moving drugs and dirty cash across Europe has been ordered to pay back £630,000.

23 May 2023
NCA raid suspected gun factory in south London

NCA raid suspected gun factory in south London

National Crime Agency officers have uncovered a specialist factory in south London for converting blank-firing guns into lethal weapons using 3D printed parts.

20 May 2023
  • Firearms
  • guns
Gang convicted for cocaine and cannabis smuggling

Gang convicted for cocaine and cannabis smuggling

Four men who conspired to supply drugs from the Netherlands to the UK and Ireland have been convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation.

19 May 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Crime bosses jailed for supplying fraudulent passports to UK criminals

Crime bosses jailed for supplying fraudulent passports to UK criminals

Two men who headed a crime group have been jailed for supplying fraudulent passports that enabled murderers and drug traffickers to evade justice in the UK and cross international borders undetected.

16 May 2023
  • Fraud
Pensioner who directed live streamed child sex abuse jailed

Pensioner who directed live streamed child sex abuse jailed

A former coach driver who made more than 600 payments to direct and live stream the sexual abuse of children has been sentenced to eight years.

15 May 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Most Wanted fugitive arrested in Malaga

Most Wanted fugitive arrested in Malaga

One of the UK’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain after spending nearly seven years on the run.

11 May 2023
Man arrested in Liverpool as part of international people smuggling investigation

Man arrested in Liverpool as part of international people smuggling investigation

An Iraqi national has been arrested in Liverpool as part of a major international operation targeting people smuggling through Italy.

11 May 2023
  • people smuggling
Operation Venetic: Prison for ringleader of gang which ran £10 million a month drugs lab

Operation Venetic: Prison for ringleader of gang which ran £10 million a month drugs lab

The kingpin of an organised crime group that controlled one of the largest amphetamine laboratories ever found in the UK has been jailed for 18 years.

10 May 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Six jailed as NCA appeals for information on alleged people smuggling ringleader and accomplice

Six jailed as NCA appeals for information on alleged people smuggling ringleader and accomplice

Six people smugglers have been jailed for a total of 26 years for transporting migrants into the UK in the back of a refrigerated lorry through Portsmouth port.

10 May 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Money laundering and people smuggling network dismantled by the NCA

Money laundering and people smuggling network dismantled by the NCA

Sixteen people have been convicted following a major National Crime Agency investigation into a West London-based organised crime group involved in international money laundering and people smuggling.

09 May 2023
  • Money laundering
  • people smuggling
Southampton man jailed for sexually assaulting a six-year-old

Southampton man jailed for sexually assaulting a six-year-old

A man from Southampton who sexually assaulted a young girl and took indecent images of another child has been jailed for five-and-a-half-years.

05 May 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Men posed as cleaners to smuggle £1m of cocaine through docks

Men posed as cleaners to smuggle £1m of cocaine through docks

Two men who posed as cleaners for a ferry company in an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation.

04 May 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Youth worker devised fantasy world to abuse teenage boys online

Youth worker devised fantasy world to abuse teenage boys online

A former children’s holiday camp manager who groomed more than 70 teenage boys online by pretending to be a 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty.

03 May 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
“I normally get arrested for drugs” - pilot joked with officers after arrest over botched people smuggling attempt

“I normally get arrested for drugs” - pilot joked with officers after arrest over botched people smuggling attempt

A British pilot and career criminal has been jailed alongside two other men in connection with a plot to fly four Albanian illegal immigrants into the UK.

28 April 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Operation Venetic: Crime bosses jailed

Operation Venetic: Crime bosses jailed

Two crime bosses who conspired to buy and supply Class A drugs and guns on the encrypted communications platform EncroChat have been jailed.

28 April 2023
  • Drug trafficking
  • Firearms
Small boats people smuggling gang jailed following Anglo-French operation

Small boats people smuggling gang jailed following Anglo-French operation

The ringleaders of an Afghan organised crime group have been convicted and jailed in France for smuggling migrants to the UK in small boats.

26 April 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Money laundering cash couriers smuggled £100 million in suitcases

Money laundering cash couriers smuggled £100 million in suitcases

The National Crime Agency has dismantled a network of criminal cash couriers that laundered more than £100m by smuggling it out of the UK to Dubai in the UAE.

26 April 2023
  • Money laundering
NCA and social media companies work together to tackle organised immigration crime

NCA and social media companies work together to tackle organised immigration crime

Thousands of social media posts, pages and accounts advertising the services of people smugglers have been removed thanks to a landmark agreement between the National Crime Agency and five major social media companies.

24 April 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Hampshire trio jailed over South America cocaine smuggling plot

Hampshire trio jailed over South America cocaine smuggling plot

Three people from Hampshire have been jailed over a year-long drug smuggling conspiracy which ended with a man being caught bringing cocaine into the UK from Peru.

20 April 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Global law enforcement coalition urges tech companies to rethink encryption plans that put children in danger from online abusers

Global law enforcement coalition urges tech companies to rethink encryption plans that put children in danger from online abusers

The Virtual Global taskforce is calling for all industry partners to fully appreciate the impact of implementing system design decisions that result in blindfolding themselves to child sexual abuse (CSA) occurring on their platforms, or reduces their capacity to identify CSA and keep children safe.

19 April 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Operation Venetic: Drugs gang jailed for running industrial scale amphetamine factory in Scotland

Operation Venetic: Drugs gang jailed for running industrial scale amphetamine factory in Scotland

Four members of an organised crime group that ran an industrial scale amphetamine lab in Scotland, and trafficked heroin and cocaine, have been sentenced.

19 April 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Caerphilly men arrested in NCA immigration operation

Caerphilly men arrested in NCA immigration operation

Two men have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation linked to organised immigration crime.

18 April 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Fraudster used stolen identities to con thousands from victims

Fraudster used stolen identities to con thousands from victims

An online fraudster who conned hundreds of thousands of pounds out of banking customers has been jailed for more than three years following a NCA investigation.

13 April 2023
  • Fraud
  • Cyber crime
Three charged over online banking scam

Three charged over online banking scam

Three men have been charged with fraud offences as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a website which enabled criminals to subvert banking anti-fraud measures.

13 April 2023
  • Fraud
  • Cyber crime
Former Cambridge don who defrauded Government energy grants repays more that £1m

Former Cambridge don who defrauded Government energy grants repays more that £1m

An ex-Cambridge University academic and convicted fraudster has paid £1m back to the taxpayer after a National Crime Agency investigation to track his hidden assets.

12 April 2023
  • Fraud
Canadian who smuggled £295,000 worth of cannabis to Scotland sentenced

Canadian who smuggled £295,000 worth of cannabis to Scotland sentenced

A Canadian man who was caught flying in to Aberdeen airport with almost 33 kilos of cannabis has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison.

05 April 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Notorious criminal marketplace selling victim identities taken down in international operation

Notorious criminal marketplace selling victim identities taken down in international operation

An international operation involving the National Crime Agency has taken down one of the biggest online marketplaces selling stolen credentials to criminals worldwide.

05 April 2023
  • Fraud
  • Cyber crime
Money laundering couple caught smuggling criminal cash during lockdown

Money laundering couple caught smuggling criminal cash during lockdown

A husband and wife from Hertfordshire who tried to smuggle more than £200,000 out of the UK during the height of the Covid lockdown have been convicted of money laundering.

03 April 2023
  • Money laundering
Joint International Crime Centre launches

Joint International Crime Centre launches

A specialist new unit has been launched to lead the UK’s work on international crime.

03 April 2023
Operation Henhouse: Hundreds of arrests and millions in assets seized in month tackling fraud

Operation Henhouse: Hundreds of arrests and millions in assets seized in month tackling fraud

The NCA’s National Economic Crime Centre has led a successful operation working closely with City of London Police and other policing partners against suspected fraudsters across the UK.

29 March 2023
  • Fraud
Operation Stovewood: Brothers charged with 29 sexual offences

Operation Stovewood: Brothers charged with 29 sexual offences

Three brothers from Meersbrook in Sheffield have been charged with a series of sexual offences linked to the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood.

29 March 2023
  • Stovewood
Men sentenced for cash and drugs exchange at car park in Scotland

Men sentenced for cash and drugs exchange at car park in Scotland

Two men seen exchanging £45,000 for two laundry bags filled with cannabis have been sentenced following an investigation by Scotland’s Organised Crime Partnership.

27 March 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Bristol man charged over attempted drug importation

Bristol man charged over attempted drug importation

A Bristol man has been charged with drug offences following his arrest by National Crime Agency officers investigating the attempted importation of cocaine with a potential street value of around £1.75 million.

21 March 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Gold shipment forfeited after NCA links it to drug cartels

Gold shipment forfeited after NCA links it to drug cartels

The National Crime Agency has obtained a civil recovery order for gold worth an estimated £4 million that was being laundered by South American drug cartels.

21 March 2023
  • Illicit finance
Sex offender threatened kids into keeping abuse a secret

Sex offender threatened kids into keeping abuse a secret

A man from Manchester who sexually assaulted two children has been jailed for eight years and six months following a National Crime Agency investigation.

20 March 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Gun and ammunition importer jailed

Gun and ammunition importer jailed

A Czech man involved in the importation of a semi-automatic gun and live ammunition into the UK has been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation.

18 March 2023
  • Firearms
UK criminals relied on fraudulent passport masterminds brought down by the NCA

UK criminals relied on fraudulent passport masterminds brought down by the NCA

Two crime bosses who supplied fraudulent passports enabling murderers and drug traffickers to evade justice in the UK and cross international borders have been convicted.

17 March 2023
One of the UK’s most wanted is jailed for 12 years

One of the UK’s most wanted is jailed for 12 years

A criminal who went on the run for eight years over his role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot has been jailed for 12 years.

17 March 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Operation Venetic: £30k a week drugs boss jailed

Operation Venetic: £30k a week drugs boss jailed

A drugs boss who boasted he could make £30,000 a week and specialised in adulterating cocaine for organised crime groups across the country has been jailed for 19 years and six months.

17 March 2023
Child rapist who inflicted decades long catalogue of abuse jailed

Child rapist who inflicted decades long catalogue of abuse jailed

A Lincolnshire man who raped and sexually assaulted children as young as seven over a 23-year period has been jailed for 25 years.

16 March 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
Further arrest by NCA over suspected people smuggling via small boats

Further arrest by NCA over suspected people smuggling via small boats

A fifth man has been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a group alleged to have smuggled migrants from Belgium to the UK in boats.

15 March 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Five members of people smuggling crime group found guilty of using refrigerated lorry to transport migrants from France

Five members of people smuggling crime group found guilty of using refrigerated lorry to transport migrants from France

Five members of an organised crime group have been found guilty of smuggling migrants into the UK in the back of a refrigerated lorry through Portsmouth port.

14 March 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Americans who tried to smuggle drugs into Heathrow handed jail sentences

Americans who tried to smuggle drugs into Heathrow handed jail sentences

Two US nationals who attempted to bring suitcases full of cannabis into the UK through Heathrow airport have been handed jail sentences.

13 March 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Network behind £70m criminal money laundering service dismantled

Network behind £70m criminal money laundering service dismantled

Ten members of a network who laundered £70m for organised criminals have now been sentenced.

10 March 2023
  • Money laundering

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