All news on the topic: National Crime Agency (NCA)
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Richard Tice accuses UK crime agency of leaking bank records to media
Mr Tice, the MP for Boston and Skegness, made the accusations while speaking to LBC’s Tonight with Andrew Marr in a sensational day for British politics, when his party leader, Nigel Farage, said he would resign his Clacton seat.
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Nigel Farage faces new pressure after £5m gift was flagged to crime agency
The £5m gift to Nigel Farage from a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money.
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UK uncovers international network of men accused of drugging partners for rape
At least eight people have been arrested in the UK after investigators uncovered a "truly international network" of men drugging and raping women, the National Crime Agency has said.
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Britons investigated over drugging partners for rape in chilling copycat abuse schemes
Police have launched multiple investigations into Britons suspected of drugging their wives and partners so they can be raped by others in the wake of the Gisele Pelicot case.
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Nigel Farage says "nowhere is safe" after migrants land in his Clacton constituency
The Reform UK leader took to X after illegal migrants arrived in his constituency on a boat.
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Two men admit role in TfL cyberattack that hit 10m customers and cost £39m
Two men have pleaded guilty to offences in connection with a massive cyber attack which caused Transport for London (TfL) months of disruption and cost the operator £39m.
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Sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker enters English Channel after Smyrtos seizure
The tanker Forwarder (IMO: 9419448), which is under UK, U.S. EU, Canadian, Swiss, and Ukrainian sanctions, entered the English Channel under the Russian flag and is continuing its course south.
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Albania seizes €150m in assets tied to alleged cocaine kingpin Dritan Gjika
Albanian prosecutors announce arrest warrant for Dritan Gjika and seizure of roughly 150 million euros in assets, in action against a suspected international cocaine trafficking and money laundering network.
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Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke cleared in UK bribery case
A London jury clears the former Nigerian oil minister of all bribery charges, collapsing a 13-year UK investigation into claims she traded lucrative state contracts for a lavish lifestyle.
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EncroChat courier jailed for delivering firearms to UK organised crime gangs
A courier who delivered firearms around the UK for supply to crime groups has been sentenced after a National Crime Agency investigation.
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UK warns hostile states are using young online recruits for sabotage attacks
Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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British couple accuse Russian warship of “normal lies” after Channel warning shots
A Russian warship fired warning shots after nearly colliding with a British sailing yacht just 150 meters away in the English Channel, according to the Kremlin.
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Russian warship fires warning shots near British yacht in English Channel
A Russian warship fired warning shots at a British yacht that came close to it in the English Channel to avoid a collision, defence sources have claimed.
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Operation Beaconport reopens eight closed grooming gang cases after missed inquiry fears
The first eight closed grooming gang cases have been referred back to police forces for reinvestigation as part of a mammoth national review of hundreds of files where lines of inquiry may have been missed.
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Captain of Russian shadow fleet tanker charged after UK commandos seize Smyrtos
The captain of a Russian shadow fleet vessel which was intercepted by British troops in the English Channel will appear in court charged with breaching sanctions.
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Essex criminal led gang that smuggled Afghan migrants into UK in secret truck compartment
An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using a truck, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
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British forces board Russian shadow fleet tanker in first UK-led Channel raid
This is the moment British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the Channel during a pre-dawn operation.
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Student records and financial data at risk after Nottingham university hack
Students at one of the country’s leading universities have been left exposed by a major cyber attack which could disrupt their exam marking.
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UK prosecutors seek to freeze $68m London property empire tied to golden passport holder
Britain’s land registry shows requests for freezing order on luxury properties owned by Yuan Yihua, who holds so-called “golden passports” issued in return for investments in Cyprus, Cambodia and Vanuatu.
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“Tripadvisor for migrants”: two ringleaders jailed for 19 years over international migrant smuggling network to Europe
Two men who ran a massive people-smuggling operation from a car wash have been sentenced to 19 years each in prison.
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Raids smash £40m people-smuggling gang that trafficked 1,000 Vietnamese migrants into Britain
This is the moment cops raided the home of a woman linked to a £40million trafficking ring that smuggled 1,000 Vietnamese migrants into Britain.
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Police arrest Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at Sandringham on misconduct suspicion amid renewed Epstein revelations
Police have arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after swooping on his temporary home on the Sandringham estate this morning as he marks his 66th birthday
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NCA finds Moscow-backed spy ring connected to Marsalek laundering British drug profits
Investigators at the U.K.’s National Crime Agency say cash generated by Britain’s local drug trade was funneled through a bank connected to the Kremlin’s intelligence services and sanctioned defense sector, expanding the known scope of a vast Russian money laundering network uncovered last year.
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Teen hackers accused of £39m cyberattack on TfL
Two teenagers accused of carrying out a “serious, extensive, sustained, and highly sophisticated” cyberattack on Transport for London (TfL) have appeared in court.
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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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