All news on the topic: National Crime Agency

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Three UK MPs criticised for promoting Dubai project linked to banned tycoons
Three MPs ’promoted’ a luxury Dubai property development despite the tycoons behind it being banned from the UK following an investigation into bribery and corruption.
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Female cocaine courier gang smuggled £13.6m drugs across the UK
Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.
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Epstein files ignite UK-wide probes as police hunt potential victims and offenders
A senior anti-corruption officer reviewing the Epstein files has vowed to be "relentless in the pursuit of truth and justice".
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‘Sadistic’ online network linked to 21 victims in UK as teens pushed toward self-harm and suicide
At least 21 Brits have fallen victim to ’sadistic’ online group chats that award points to members for encouraging vulnerable people to engage in self-harm or suicide.
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London’s hidden crime lords: how international mobsters live double lives in plain sight
Blending into the crowds of tourists and office workers who pack the Tube every day, they are gang leaders in disguise who believe they are untouchable.
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UK authorities link over 100 British shops to a Kurdish organised crime group
Three men have been arrested in a series of dawn raids across Birmingham and the West Midlands following an investigation into organized crime groups embedded in High Street businesses.
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Operation Machinize uncovers fake Labubu dolls and illicit cigarettes in Derby West raids
Throughout October, the force conducted "Operation Machinize", which was coordinated by the National Crime Agency to combat money laundering and the criminal use of cash-intensive high street businesses.
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Art gallery linked to Princess Eugenie accused of breaching Russia sanctions amid NCA warning
The London art gallery Hauser & Wirth, where Princess Eugenie of York — daughter of Prince Andrew and granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II — serves as a director, has been accused of violating UK sanctions against Russia.
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£10 million seized as UK police clean up high streets
More than 2,700 vape shops, barbers, mini markets, and car washes have been raided in a month, as part of efforts to clean up Britain’s high streets.
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British man faces extradition to Germany over alleged Hamas-linked terror plot
A British man has been arrested and faces extradition to Germany, where he is accused of playing a key role in a Hamas-linked terror cell plotting attacks on Jewish targets.
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World Liberty tokens bring in over $460 million for Trump Organisation
Eric Trump was in Dubai on family business. Meeting with a Chinese businessman and his associates on the sidelines of a cryptocurrency conference in May this year, the son of US President Donald J. Trump ran through his usual talking points about the inefficiency of traditional banks and his own famous father’s conflicts with financiers.
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Sadiq Khan under pressure as Met reviews 9,000 child sex offences
The Met Police is to re-investigate 9,000 child sex abuse cases as part of a grooming gangs probe, despite Sadiq Khan having been accused of “stonewalling” questions on the issue.
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UK authorities foil large-scale drug smuggling operation from South America and Morocco
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced that two alleged leaders of a British crime group have been given decades-long prison sentences for planning to smuggle multi-ton shipments of cocaine and cannabis into the country.
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Hundreds raped, zero accountability: how South Yorkshire Police ignored and covered up child sexual abuse for years
Survivors of sexual exploitation in Rotherham have "no faith" in a police force investigating allegations its own officers took part in abuse in the town, according to solicitors.
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Thomas Hooton, son of The Farm frontman, jailed for large-scale cocaine and heroin supply
The son of the renowned lead singer was involved in multimillion-pound drug deals and was sentenced to ten years and eight months for the distribution of cocaine, ketamine, cannabis, and heroin.
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Teenagers and the hacker mafia: Group arrested in UK over cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
Four arrested on suspicion of breaching Computer Misuse Act, blackmail, money laundering and joining activities of organised crime
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UK special forces and bomb squad launch major operation in Kent after shootout leaves one injured
A man has been shot by police after bomb squad was deployed to a home in Kent all night forcing the A20 to close.
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Tajik national arrested at Dover port attempting to smuggle 170 kg of ketamine and weapons arsenal into the UK
A national of Tajikistan was apprehended at Dover port while attempting to smuggle £4.5 million worth of ketamine into the UK.
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France vows to intercept migrant boats before they depart for Britain — plan ahead of summit with Starmer
France has agreed to draw up a plan to stop small boats in the English Channel with new patrol vessels.
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UK freezes £90 million worth of London assets linked to family of ex-adviser to Sheikh Hasina
Two men linked to Sheikh Hasina prevented from selling properties, including apartments in Grosvenor Square
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Co-op paralysed: cyberattack leaves shelves empty and customer data in hackers’ hands
Co-op customers are encountering empty shelves following a massive cyber attack that has impacted supermarket stock levels nationwide.
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Cash smuggler: £1M in suitcases lands ordinary Briton in the dock
A man who was stopped at Heathrow Airport with £1m in two suitcases has admitted money laundering following a National Crime Agency investigation.
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UK court convicts Dmitrii Ovsiannikov of sanction breaches, sends strong message on enforcement
Dmitry Ovsiannikov transferred funds to a UK bank account while his brother was also convicted.
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Four suspected human smugglers arrested in UK-Libya crackdown
Four suspected human smugglers arrested in Libya in joint UK-Libya operation targeting Mediterranean trafficking routes.
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In one year, officials in the U.K. have frozen nearly $7.7 million worth of illicit crypto assets
The largest freeze order was issued against a wallet containing approximately $2 million in cryptocurrency that was hosted on Coinbase.