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Graeme Biggar CBE appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency

Graeme Biggar CBE appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency

The Home Secretary has appointed Graeme Biggar CBE as Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA).

12 August 2022
‘Forgetful’ Sheffield drug smuggler who changed his story jailed

‘Forgetful’ Sheffield drug smuggler who changed his story jailed

A man who attempted to smuggle £720,000 of heroin and cocaine into the UK hidden in car door panels has been jailed for 11 years.

11 August 2022
  • Drug trafficking
One arrested in NCA and Police Scotland human trafficking and drugs investigation

One arrested in NCA and Police Scotland human trafficking and drugs investigation

A man has been arrested as part of a joint National Crime Agency and Police Scotland investigation into cannabis farms and human trafficking.

10 August 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Human trafficking
Self-proclaimed paedophile blackmailed teens to become his ‘sex slaves’

Self-proclaimed paedophile blackmailed teens to become his ‘sex slaves’

A man from West Sussex who targeted girls as young as 12 online and blackmailed them into becoming his ‘sex slaves’ has pleaded guilty following a National Crime Agency investigation.

09 August 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
Yorkshire man agrees to forfeit properties and money worth £1.14 million to the NCA

Yorkshire man agrees to forfeit properties and money worth £1.14 million to the NCA

A second-hand car salesman has agreed to forfeit a property portfolio and money worth  a total of £1.14million, following a Civil Recovery and Tax investigation into his acquisition of a portfolio of ten properties.

05 August 2022
  • Criminal asset denial
Man arrested in Daigou shopping money laundering investigation

Man arrested in Daigou shopping money laundering investigation

A man has been arrested in Teesside as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a suspected Chinese underground banking network.

04 August 2022
  • Money laundering
MDMA found hidden in Scotland-bound pet food parcels prompt joint NCA and Police Scotland investigations

MDMA found hidden in Scotland-bound pet food parcels prompt joint NCA and Police Scotland investigations

Two separate investigations have been launched by a joint unit of National Crime Agency and Police Scotland officers, after more than eight kilos of MDMA was found in two separate shipments of pet food.

03 August 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Huge Colombian cocaine haul seized at London Gateway

Huge Colombian cocaine haul seized at London Gateway

National Crime Agency officers have worked with Border Force to seize more than half a tonne of cocaine at London Gateway port.

30 July 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Jail for south east London cocaine dealer found hiding in child’s playhouse

Jail for south east London cocaine dealer found hiding in child’s playhouse

A man from south east London has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after National Crime Agency officers caught him in possession of cocaine with an estimated value of £4.5 million.

29 July 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Men linked to suspected small boat people smuggling networks extradited out of the UK

Men linked to suspected small boat people smuggling networks extradited out of the UK

Two suspected small boat people smugglers tracked down in the UK by the National Crime Agency have been extradited to face trial.

28 July 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Multi-million pound cash courier conspiracy dismantled by NCA

Multi-million pound cash courier conspiracy dismantled by NCA

The ringleader of a money laundering group which smuggled tens of millions of pounds of criminal cash out of the UK has been jailed for nine years.

28 July 2022
  • Money laundering
Essex boat builder raped a child

Essex boat builder raped a child

A boat builder from Essex who raped a young girl and took photographs of the abuse has been jailed for 16 years.

21 July 2022
  • Child sexual abuse
PCTF seizes property and money from man with alleged West Belfast UDA connections

PCTF seizes property and money from man with alleged West Belfast UDA connections

National Crime Agency officers working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) have seized a property in the Newtownabbey area valued at £85,000 and £28,000 held in a bank account from a man with alleged links to the West Belfast Ulster Defence Association.

20 July 2022
  • civil recovery
  • Northern Ireland
  • Paramilitary Crime Task Force
NCA targets crime group suspected of making specialist concealments for drugs after cocaine seized at Heathrow

NCA targets crime group suspected of making specialist concealments for drugs after cocaine seized at Heathrow

Three men have been arrested as National Crime Agency officers targeted an organised crime group manufacturing specialist hides for drugs in industrial machinery.

20 July 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Further arrest made as part of international operation targeting suspected small boat people smuggling networks

Further arrest made as part of international operation targeting suspected small boat people smuggling networks

A man is due to appear in court today (14 July) after being targeted by the National Crime Agency as part a major international operation against small boat people smugglers.

14 July 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Three charged as part of NCA people smuggling investigation

Three charged as part of NCA people smuggling investigation

Three men have been charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration following a series of NCA raids in London and Essex on Tuesday morning.

14 July 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
NCA and OFSI issue red alert with private sector on financial sanctions evasion typologies by Russian elites and enablers

NCA and OFSI issue red alert with private sector on financial sanctions evasion typologies by Russian elites and enablers

This red alert is issued by the JMLIT+ Sanctions Facilitators Cell, with representation from law enforcement, private industry, regulators and OFSI.

12 July 2022
  • Illicit finance
Londoner commissioned sexual abuse of Filipino children for £18

Londoner commissioned sexual abuse of Filipino children for £18

A security controller from North London has been jailed for three years for arranging the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines and paying to watch it via live-stream. 

08 July 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
Burton man signed up to global child abuse platform

Burton man signed up to global child abuse platform

A man from Burton-on-Trent, who used an encrypted online platform to view and download child sexual abuse material, has been sentenced.

07 July 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
Dark web paedophile posted sexual assault images online

Dark web paedophile posted sexual assault images online

A manager from Staffordshire who posted images online of him sexually assaulting a child has been jailed for eight years.

06 July 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
NCA arrests linked to West Yorkshire drug supply

NCA arrests linked to West Yorkshire drug supply

A man and woman have been arrested following searches across Heckmondwike and Dewsbury this morning, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation linked to heroin supply in West Yorkshire.

05 July 2022
  • Drug trafficking
NCA targets suspected small boat people smuggling networks in ongoing international operation

NCA targets suspected small boat people smuggling networks in ongoing international operation

National Crime Agency officers have today joined what is believed to be the biggest ever international operation targeting criminal networks suspected of using small boats to smuggle thousands of people into the UK.

05 July 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Arrests in France in connection with Channel small boat deaths

Arrests in France in connection with Channel small boat deaths

National Crime Agency officers have assisted an operation in France which has seen more than a dozen arrests in connection with the deaths of 27 people attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last November.

02 July 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Wolverhampton man to pay National Crime Agency £110,000

Wolverhampton man to pay National Crime Agency £110,000

A man from Wolverhampton has agreed to pay the National Crime Agency £110,000 following a Civil Recovery and Tax investigation into his property dealings.

30 June 2022
  • Fraud
  • Money laundering
Five arrested in National Crime Agency modern slavery investigation

Five arrested in National Crime Agency modern slavery investigation

Five suspects have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into modern slavery, cannabis cultivation and money laundering.

24 June 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
  • Modern slavery
Car wash slavery ringleaders jailed for 25 years

Car wash slavery ringleaders jailed for 25 years

A couple who kept vulnerable people as slaves and made them work for free at a car wash business in Bristol have been jailed for a total of 25 years following a National Crime Agency investigation.

22 June 2022
  • Modern slavery
Bradford brothers to pay NCA £4.3 million

Bradford brothers to pay NCA £4.3 million

Two brothers from the Bradford area have agreed to pay the National Crime Agency approximately £4.3 million following a civil recovery investigation into their multi-million pound property portfolio.

22 June 2022
  • Fraud
  • Money laundering
  • Illicit finance
People smuggler jailed over cross-Channel migrant lorry conspiracy

People smuggler jailed over cross-Channel migrant lorry conspiracy

An Irish national has been handed a four year jail sentence after admitting his part in an international people smuggling conspiracy.

21 June 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
Operation Venetic: Gangland enforcer sentenced to life imprisonment after acid attack and plots to blind victims

Operation Venetic: Gangland enforcer sentenced to life imprisonment after acid attack and plots to blind victims

A gangland enforcer who launched a horrifying acid attack on a victim and plotted to blind other victims has been sentenced to life behind bars.

15 June 2022
  • Operation Venetic
Most Wanted target arrested in Bulgaria

Most Wanted target arrested in Bulgaria

An alleged drugs supplier and one of the UK’s most wanted men has been arrested in Bulgaria.

14 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Most wanted
Operation Venetic: Jail for men who ran multi-million pound amphetamine lab

Operation Venetic: Jail for men who ran multi-million pound amphetamine lab

Two members of an organised crime group that ran one of the largest amphetamine factories ever found in the UK have been jailed.

10 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Money laundering
Four arrested in NCA ‘street valium’ drug production investigation

Four arrested in NCA ‘street valium’ drug production investigation

A man suspected of supplying equipment used to produce illegal drugs linked to a spike in drug-related deaths in Scotland has been arrested, alongside three others, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

09 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Operation Venetic: Gang members trained in chemistry techniques to run £10 million a month drugs lab

Operation Venetic: Gang members trained in chemistry techniques to run £10 million a month drugs lab

Four members of an organised crime group that ran one of the largest amphetamine factories ever found in the UK have been convicted of drugs offences.

09 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Money laundering
Fourth dock worker charged with drug importation

Fourth dock worker charged with drug importation

A 44-year-old man has become the fourth Portsmouth dock worker to be charged with drug importation offences as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

09 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Border
Operation Venetic: Manchester drugs supplier sentenced to 15 years

Operation Venetic: Manchester drugs supplier sentenced to 15 years

A drugs supplier has been jailed for 15 years in a National Crime Agency investigation.

07 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Operation Venetic
Wanted man hands himself in

Wanted man hands himself in

A man wanted as part of a National Crime Agency investigation has handed himself in.

06 June 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Money laundering
Jailed people smuggling group included London barber who recruited corrupt lorry drivers

Jailed people smuggling group included London barber who recruited corrupt lorry drivers

Four members of a people smuggling group, including a north west London barber who offered lorry drivers thousands of pounds to bring people illegally to the UK from France and Belgium, have been jailed.

02 June 2022
  • people smuggling
The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022: Seven NCA officers recognised

The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2022: Seven NCA officers recognised

Seven officers from the National Crime Agency, who went above and beyond the standards demanded by their roles, have been recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours.

02 June 2022
  • Serious and organised crime
West Yorkshire man joined child sex abuse rooms on Zoom

West Yorkshire man joined child sex abuse rooms on Zoom

A man from Huddersfield has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for viewing child sexual abuse being streamed on Zoom.

31 May 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
NCA leads international coalition tackling child sexual abuse

NCA leads international coalition tackling child sexual abuse

The National Crime Agency is the chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) - an international collective of law enforcement agencies from 12 countries working to tackle child sexual abuse.

27 May 2022
  • Child sexual abuse
Operation Venetic: Gangland enforcer guilty of acid attack and plots to blind victims

Operation Venetic: Gangland enforcer guilty of acid attack and plots to blind victims

A gangland enforcer has been convicted of launching a horrifying acid attack on a victim and plotting to blind other victims.

27 May 2022
Gun supplier used 3D printer to make weapons for organised crime groups

Gun supplier used 3D printer to make weapons for organised crime groups

A gun supplier from Birmingham who used a 3D printer and ammunition press to make viable weapons from parts ordered on the dark web has been jailed for 27 months.

26 May 2022
  • Firearms
Jailed drugs smuggler used luxury yacht for £160m cocaine plot

Jailed drugs smuggler used luxury yacht for £160m cocaine plot

A British man has been jailed for 18 years after admitting trying to smuggle two tonnes of cocaine worth £160m into the UK.

26 May 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Fourth arrest in NCA cannabis farm investigation

Fourth arrest in NCA cannabis farm investigation

A fourth man has been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a crime group suspected of using Albanian migrants to farm cannabis.
 
25 May 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Money laundering
Alleged head of organised crime group arrested

Alleged head of organised crime group arrested

The suspected head of a crime group that uses smuggled Albanian migrants to farm cannabis has been arrested in a National Crime Agency operation.

24 May 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • people smuggling
Almost £30m of Class A drugs seized in just 12 months by Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership

Almost £30m of Class A drugs seized in just 12 months by Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership

A specialist team of officers from the National Crime Agency and Merseyside Police have seized nearly £30m worth of Class A drugs in their first year of operating.

24 May 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Lancashire drug dealer jailed over £800,000 of cocaine

Lancashire drug dealer jailed over £800,000 of cocaine

A drug dealer who planned the supply of £800,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for nine years and two months.

20 May 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Encrochat linked man to drugs haul and stash car

Encrochat linked man to drugs haul and stash car

A man who ran a drugs factory of cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and cannabis from his home and kept a drugs stash vehicle for two known dealers has been sentenced.

20 May 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Jail for man with lethal gun and ammunition

Jail for man with lethal gun and ammunition

A man has been jailed for seven years after a self-loading pistol and ammunition were seized from him on the M1 in Hertfordshire.

19 May 2022
  • Firearms
Operation Stovewood: Man charged over alleged abuse of four teenagers

Operation Stovewood: Man charged over alleged abuse of four teenagers

Officers from the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood have today charged a man from Sheffield with 17 offences relating to the abuse of four teenage girls in the 1990s.

17 May 2022
  • Stovewood
  • Child sexual exploitation

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