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Most Wanted fugitive arrested in Morocco

Most Wanted fugitive arrested in Morocco

A man wanted over a drive-by murder in Essex has been arrested in Morocco.

01 February 2023
  • Most wanted
HIVE takedown: NCA in international operation to shut down $100m ransomware threat

HIVE takedown: NCA in international operation to shut down $100m ransomware threat

An international operation involving the National Crime Agency has taken down a ransomware service used by cyber criminals to attack and extort businesses across the globe.

26 January 2023
  • Cyber crime
Operation Stovewood: Two men charged with abuse offences following investigations by the NCA

Operation Stovewood: Two men charged with abuse offences following investigations by the NCA

Two men have appeared in court charged with sexual abuse offences after two separate investigations by the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood team.

25 January 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
NCA targets crime group suspected of operating slave labour cannabis farms

NCA targets crime group suspected of operating slave labour cannabis farms

Officers from the National Crime Agency have carried out a series of raids across London as part of an investigation into an organised crime group suspected of using victims of modern slavery to operate cannabis farms.

25 January 2023
  • Modern slavery
  • Human trafficking
Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report 2022

Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report 2022

The NCA has today (24 January) published the 2022 Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report, which features statistics covering the years 2020-21 and 2021-22.

24 January 2023
  • Suspicious Activity Reports
Four jailed in France over fatal 2020 small boat crossing

Four jailed in France over fatal 2020 small boat crossing

A French court has convicted and sentenced four men over their roles in an attempted small boat Channel crossing which led to the deaths of an Iranian family.

24 January 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Wanted Kurdish people smuggling boss arrested at Manchester Airport

Wanted Kurdish people smuggling boss arrested at Manchester Airport

The head of a Kurdish people smuggling ring has been arrested after going on the run prior to his sentencing.

21 January 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Port worker one of two men arrested over attempted drug importation

Port worker one of two men arrested over attempted drug importation

Two men, one of whom is a port worker, have been arrested by National Crime Agency officers investigating the attempted importation of cocaine with a potential street value of around £8 million.

20 January 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Child rapist convicted after decades long catalogue of abuse

Child rapist convicted after decades long catalogue of abuse

A National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation has seen a Lincolnshire man convicted of raping and sexually assaulting children as young as seven over a 20-year period.

20 January 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
NCA issues warning after further arrests made from Los Angeles-London flights

NCA issues warning after further arrests made from Los Angeles-London flights

National Crime Agency officers are issuing a warning to potential drug smugglers after a series of cannabis seizures were made from passengers flying from Los Angeles in the United States.

18 January 2023
  • Drug trafficking
NCA investigates after series of smuggling attempts from Los Angeles

NCA investigates after series of smuggling attempts from Los Angeles

The National Crime Agency has begun an investigation after a series of drug seizures were made from passengers flying into Heathrow Airport from Los Angeles in the United States.

17 January 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Operation Venetic: EncroChat drug supplier attempted to smuggle cocaine to Iceland

Operation Venetic: EncroChat drug supplier attempted to smuggle cocaine to Iceland

An Essex man has been convicted after making more than £2.7 million from supplying drugs in the UK, and attempting to smuggle cocaine to Iceland where it would fetch a higher price.

14 January 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Man sentenced for Belfast airport cannabis smuggling attempt

Man sentenced for Belfast airport cannabis smuggling attempt

A passenger who attempted to smuggle two cases full of herbal cannabis worth £350,000 into a Belfast airport has been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation.

13 January 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Group convicted for £3.5m crystal meth shipment to Australia

Group convicted for £3.5m crystal meth shipment to Australia

Three UK nationals have been convicted of drug trafficking offences after using the cargo industry to send crystal meth (methamphetamine) worth £3.5 million to Australia.

13 January 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Operation Stovewood: Three men charged with sexual abuse of children

Operation Stovewood: Three men charged with sexual abuse of children

Three men have appeared in court charged with a series of offences linked to Operation Stovewood, the National Crime Agency’s investigation into child abuse in Rotherham.

09 January 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Greenock man jailed for importing handgun in the post

Greenock man jailed for importing handgun in the post

A man who bought a handgun from an online seller in Spain and tried to have it delivered to his home has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after a National Crime Agency and Police Scotland investigation.

06 January 2023
  • Firearms
NCA develops new tool that identifies prolific child rapist after 13 year international hunt

NCA develops new tool that identifies prolific child rapist after 13 year international hunt

A Pembrokeshire man who raped and sexually assaulted young children, and posted images of the abuse to other paedophiles on the dark web, has been jailed for life.

04 January 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
British pair arrested after four tonne cannabis seizure

British pair arrested after four tonne cannabis seizure

Two British nationals have been arrested in Spain, after an international operation involving the National Crime Agency which saw the seizure of around four tonnes of cannabis.

28 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Plastic surgeon searched ‘Lolita sex’ abuse online

Plastic surgeon searched ‘Lolita sex’ abuse online

A surgeon from Salisbury has been convicted of possessing child sexual abuse images.

23 December 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • CSAE
Man charged as part of NCA investigation into criminal blank firearms conversion

Man charged as part of NCA investigation into criminal blank firearms conversion

A man from Smethwick has been charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into firearms supply in the West Midlands.

23 December 2022
  • Firearms
Van driver jailed over huge Channel Tunnel class A drugs seizure

Van driver jailed over huge Channel Tunnel class A drugs seizure

A Dutch van driver has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, after the National Crime Agency investigated a seizure of more than 200 kilos of class A drugs at the Channel Tunnel terminal.

23 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Sutherland man charged after £4.4m of cocaine seized

Sutherland man charged after £4.4m of cocaine seized

A man has been charged with drugs offences after cocaine with an estimated street value of around £4.4 million was seized in a joint investigation involving the National Crime Agency and the Metropolitan Police.

21 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Two members of gang who used trucks to smuggle Vietnamese migrants to the UK found guilty

Two members of gang who used trucks to smuggle Vietnamese migrants to the UK found guilty

Two men have been convicted for their roles in a major conspiracy to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK in the back of lorries.

19 December 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
Operation Venetic: Merseyside drugs gang ran industrial scale amphetamine factory in Scotland

Operation Venetic: Merseyside drugs gang ran 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 convicted after a National Crime Agency investigation.

16 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
NCA statement on English Channel deaths investigation

NCA statement on English Channel deaths investigation

The NCA is supporting Kent Police as they investigate the deaths of four people in the English Channel in the early hours of Wednesday morning. 

16 December 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
County Antrim men attempted to import gun shipped from USA to Northern Ireland

County Antrim men attempted to import gun shipped from USA to Northern Ireland

A convicted drug smuggler and his friend have been sentenced for attempting to import a pistol and 52 rounds of ammunition in the post from the United States.

15 December 2022
  • Firearms
  • Northern Ireland
DDoS-for-hire services taken out in international operation

DDoS-for-hire services taken out in international operation

An international operation targeting tools and services used to commit serious cyber attacks has seen the takedown of 48 of the world’s most popular ‘booter’ sites.

09 December 2022
  • Cyber crime
  • Cyber choices
Kurdish gang ran sophisticated and lucrative people smuggling ring

Kurdish gang ran sophisticated and lucrative people smuggling ring

Five men have been jailed for a total of almost 24 years for running a large-scale people smuggling ring bringing Kurdish migrants into the UK hidden in the back of lorries.

09 December 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
Birmingham gang locked up after being caught with loaded gun, knives and sledgehammer

Birmingham gang locked up after being caught with loaded gun, knives and sledgehammer

Five men who were arrested at gunpoint in a Birmingham street by National Crime Agency officers and found to be in possession of an array of weapons, including a loaded firearm, have been jailed for a combined 32 years.

08 December 2022
  • Firearms
Child rapist from Herefordshire jailed

Child rapist from Herefordshire jailed

An electrician who distributed videos of himself raping a young girl on the internet has been jailed for almost 16 years.

08 December 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
City fund managers convicted in a $8m fraud

City fund managers convicted in a $8m fraud

Three fund managers have been convicted of a large-scale fraud which resulted in losses of $8.45 million to the Libyan Sovereign Wealth Fund.

08 December 2022
  • Fraud
NCA plays crucial role in huge Atlantic cocaine seizure

NCA plays crucial role in huge Atlantic cocaine seizure

National Crime Agency officers have played a crucial role in an international operation that has seen 4.6 tonnes of cocaine seized on its way to Europe.

07 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • Intelligence
Man suspected of pleasure boat people smuggling attempt arrested in NCA investigations

Man suspected of pleasure boat people smuggling attempt arrested in NCA investigations

A man has been arrested in Devon on suspicion of people smuggling offences, after allegedly using his boat to transport migrants across the Channel to the UK.

07 December 2022
Operation Venetic: Pet dog and accidental selfies help convict international drugs traffickers

Operation Venetic: Pet dog and accidental selfies help convict international drugs traffickers

A drugs trafficker helped investigators smash his own organised crime group by sending a photograph of his dog on encrypted communications platform EncroChat showing his partner’s phone number on the animal’s tag.

06 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Wealthy Russian businessman arrested on suspicion of multiple offences

Wealthy Russian businessman arrested on suspicion of multiple offences

The National Crime Agency has conducted a major operation to arrest a wealthy Russian businessman on suspicion of offences including money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office and conspiracy to commit perjury.

03 December 2022
  • Money laundering
West Mids friends jailed in National Crime Agency firearms investigation

West Mids friends jailed in National Crime Agency firearms investigation

Two Birmingham men have been jailed in a National Crime Agency firearms investigation.

02 December 2022
  • Firearms
 NCA investigation sees three jailed over Caribbean Class A drugs route

NCA investigation sees three jailed over Caribbean Class A drugs route

Three members of an international organised crime group have been sentenced for importing drugs from St Lucia in the Caribbean to the United Kingdom.

01 December 2022
Group used Christian ministry as front for £2 million cannabis importation

Group used Christian ministry as front for £2 million cannabis importation

A criminal group which used a religious charity as a front for importing 400 kilos of cannabis into the UK have been convicted.

01 December 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Sheffield man had haul of child abuse images and paedophile manuals

Sheffield man had haul of child abuse images and paedophile manuals

A man from Sheffield has pleaded guilty to downloading over 30,000 indecent images of children and possessing two paedophile manuals.

01 December 2022
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
Two arrested by the NCA in Nottingham over speed boat people smuggling attempt

Two arrested by the NCA in Nottingham over speed boat people smuggling attempt

Two people have been arrested in connection with a National Crime Agency investigation into a foiled attempt to smuggle migrants to the UK using a speedboat.

30 November 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
Woman charged over machine pistol and handgun

Woman charged over machine pistol and handgun

A woman has been charged with firearms offences after an investigation by the Organised Crime Partnership (OCP).

30 November 2022
  • Firearms
Four men arrested over 1.4 tonne seizure of cocaine worth £140m

Four men arrested over 1.4 tonne seizure of cocaine worth £140m

A huge consignment of cocaine worth around £140m has been seized and four men arrested in a National Crime Agency investigation.

30 November 2022
  • Drug trafficking
NCA supports international operation to dismantle European drugs network

NCA supports international operation to dismantle European drugs network

National Crime Agency officers have taken part in an international operation against an organised criminal gang suspected of controlling a major part of the European drugs market.

28 November 2022
  • Drug trafficking
NCA tracks down people smuggling suspect wanted in connection with Channel boat deaths

NCA tracks down people smuggling suspect wanted in connection with Channel boat deaths

A man has been arrested in Gloucestershire in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last November.

28 November 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
NCA secures £50m identified by Barclays as the proceeds of crime

NCA secures £50m identified by Barclays as the proceeds of crime

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has obtained a ruling from the High Court that allows Barclays to hand over criminal funds to the NCA in a first-of-its-kind civil recovery case. 

25 November 2022
  • civil recovery
Drugs smuggler jailed for 11 years following recent people smuggling conviction

Drugs smuggler jailed for 11 years following recent people smuggling conviction

A lorry driver previously convicted in France for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK has been sentenced following a cocaine seizure earlier this year.

21 November 2022
  • Drug trafficking
Suspected ketamine drugs lab uncovered in Essex

Suspected ketamine drugs lab uncovered in Essex

Two men have been arrested after National Crime Agency officers raided a suspected ketamine lab in Essex.

20 November 2022
  • Drug trafficking
NCA seize £2m assets from members of anabolic steroid organised crime group

NCA seize £2m assets from members of anabolic steroid organised crime group

Four members of a global anabolic steroid manufacture and distribution network have been ordered to hand over a combined £2 million following a proceeds of crime investigation by the National Crime Agency.

17 November 2022
  • Drug trafficking
  • civil recovery
Jailed document forger hit with £290,000 confiscation order

Jailed document forger hit with £290,000 confiscation order

A man jailed for making and supplying false identity documents has been ordered to pay back more than a quarter of a million pounds in criminal profit.

17 November 2022
  • counterfeit identity documents
People smuggling suspect extradited back to UK to face trial

People smuggling suspect extradited back to UK to face trial

A Romanian man who was wanted by the National Crime Agency after failing to show up at court has been arrested and extradited back to the UK to face trial.

16 November 2022
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling

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