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1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized

1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized and seven men charged after major NCA-led drugs and corruption operation at port

A major National Crime Agency-led operation targeting a suspected organised crime group alleged to have used an insider at Sheerness port in Kent has resulted in the arrest and charging of seven men and the seizure of around 1.2 tonnes of cocaine.

  • Drug trafficking
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People smugglers use ever more dangerous boats to attempt Channel crossings as NCA issue international alert

Organised crime groups are turning to ever more dangerous and un-seaworthy boats in efforts to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency has warned.

  • Organised immigration crime
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Cocaine and cash in van lands Barnsley man with 2 year 8 month jail sentence

A 50-year-old South Yorkshire man arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into drug supply and money laundering has been jailed for two years and eight months.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Money laundering
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Essex lorry deaths: Court orders extradition of people smuggling suspect wanted in Belgium

A man wanted by the Belgian authorities for his role in a people smuggling plot that led to the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in Essex has had his extradition ordered.

  • Human trafficking
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Rob Jones appointed Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre

Rob Jones has been appointed as interim Director General of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), the joint unit housed within the NCA responsible for coordinating the UK’s response to economic crime.

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International operation targets dark web drugs marketplace

Twenty-four people have been arrested in the UK in one of the largest ever international operations targeting a criminal dark web marketplace.

  • Cyber crime
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House buyers and businesses warned of payment diversion fraud

The National Economic Crime Centre has launched a campaign aimed at raising awareness of payment diversion fraud (PDF).

  • Fraud
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Cocaine worth 200million euros seized from sailing yacht off the coast of Portugal

Over five tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of 200 million euros – the largest ever seizure in Europe in recent years – has been recovered from a sailing vessel in the Atlantic.

  • Drug trafficking
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Jailed: Paedophile who sought out jobs where he’d have access to children

A man who sexually assaulted young children and was actively seeking opportunities to offend again has been jailed for 12 and-a-half years after a National Crime Agency investigation.

  • Child sexual abuse
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Operation Venetic: Two men arrested in investigation linked to the recovery of £1.6m in cash

National Crime Agency officers have arrested two men as part of a drugs and money laundering investigation which led to the seizure of more than £1.6m last year.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Money laundering
  • Operation Venetic
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UPDATE CHARGES: Criminal passport supply gang smashed in early morning NCA raids

A man arrested by the National Crime Agency yesterday in connection with the supply of fraudulent passports to some of the UK’s most notorious organised criminals has been charged. 

  • Fraud
  • False identity documents
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Gang leader who bragged of smuggling more than 100 women into UK jailed for 10 years

A gang leader who boasted of smuggling dozens of women into the UK using HGVs and small boats has been jailed for 10 years.

  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling

Three men jailed for 29 years over gun and ammunition plot

Members of a London-based organised crime group have been jailed for a total of 29 years for possessing and supplying handguns and ammunition.

  • Firearms
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NI man arrested by the NCA as part of international people smuggling investigation

National Crime Agency officers have arrested a man from Northern Ireland as part of a people smuggling investigation which saw 10 migrants rescued from the back of a lorry.

  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Graeme Biggar

Graeme Biggar appointed Director General of the National Crime Agency

Home Secretary Priti Patel has appointed Graeme Biggar CBE as interim Director General of the National Crime Agency when Dame Lynne Owens steps down on Monday 4 October.

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NCA and EUROPOL sign up to a new working arrangement

NCA Director General Dame Lynne Owens and EUROPOL Executive Director Catherine De Bolle have signed a working arrangement between the NCA and Europol which will sit under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

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