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Today, Kenneth Law, 60, from Mississauga, Canada, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide at Newmarket Court in Canada.

A drug supplier who is linked to the deaths of at least two people from hugely powerful Class A nitazene drugs has admitted a raft of criminal charges, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Four people have been arrested by the National Crime Agency as part of an international money laundering investigation.

Five men have been arrested after a yacht carrying seven people to the UK illegally was intercepted off the south coast of England.

Three convicted people smugglers are among thirty people who have today been warned that they will stay on the National Crime Agency’s radar after serving their prison sentences.

A 76-year-old man from West Sussex has today pleaded guilty to 36 child abuse offences, including paying for children in the Philippines to be sexually abused to order.

Two of the UK’s most senior law enforcement officers have said that restrictions on under 16s’ access to unsafe online platforms are needed to protect children from harmful online offenders.

A man who is suspected of facilitating the arrival of 19 illegal migrants into the UK has been arrested by the National Crime Agency.

Banks could provide critical intervention to stop UK offenders who pay for livestreamed child sexual abuse overseas, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. 

A lorry driver has been jailed for smuggling more than £7m worth of cocaine hidden on a vehicle carrying a consignment of Kim Kardashian’s Skims underwear and clothing.

National Crime Agency arrests for offences linked to people smuggling have gone up by more than 55 per cent in a year, according to new figures.

Criminals from two organised crime groups have been jailed over an elaborate plot to smuggle large amounts of cocaine through a UK airport, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A new appeal has been launched to locate and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, who are believed to be hiding in, or have links to Spain.

A man has been remanded to custody after being charged with smuggling firearms and ammunition, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A US national has been charged with smuggling crystal meth following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Thousands of pounds have been seized from the bank accounts of a notorious American gangster who was once on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list.

A man who moderated multiple dark web sites which shared indecent images of children has been sentenced to six years in prison, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A haulage company boss who used his business as cover for transporting cocaine has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to 23 years after being convicted of multiple sexual abuse offences involving seven children.

Five men have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation after £1.4 million of ketamine was smuggled via a fishing boat from Amsterdam to Suffolk.

Another two men have been convicted – and one jailed for more than 20 years - following the collection of cocaine worth £26.5 million which was dropped off at sea off the Somerset coast.

Two men have been arrested following a series of raids by the National Crime Agency in Kent and the East Midlands, as part of an investigation into a criminal network suspected of smuggling people into the UK in boats.

Six men have been charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the seizure of more than half a tonne of cannabis at Birmingham Airport.

On Tuesday 26 May Alnour Mohamed Ali pleaded guilty to endangering another during a journey by sea to the UK during a hearing at Canterbury Crown Court.

Two men have been jailed for 19 years each for their roles in a people smuggling ring moving migrants across Europe after a National Crime Agency investigation.

More than $12 million has been frozen and 20,000 victims identified in an NCA-led international operation targeting cryptocurrency and investment scammers.

A man who was previously jailed for 14 years for child sexual abuse offences has today been sentenced to life, after pleading guilty to an additional 67 charges.

Two Vietnamese nationals who advertised small boats people smuggling on Facebook have been sentenced following a major UK-French investigation.

National Crime Agency officers have arrested three people as part of a coordinated operation with French police against a people smuggling organised crime group involved in transporting Vietnamese migrants to the UK in lorries and small boats.

A drug dealer who was caught with multiple weapons has been jailed after attempting to import a firearm.

A man who was involved in recruiting lorry drivers for people smugglers has been jailed for six years today (27 March), following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

A key member of an international people smuggling network involved in illegal migrant crossings to the UK has been jailed for more than 10 years.

National Crime Agency officers have joined international partners in a major operation which has seen four people arrested in Germany today (Wednesday 25 March), as part of an investigation targeting a network suspected of supplying equipment to cross-Channel small boat people smugglers.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and National Federation of Builders (NFB) have launched a joint campaign aimed at accounts payable professionals and finance personnel in the construction industry that highlights the risks of invoice fraud, a crime that costs businesses millions each year.

National Crime Agency officers have launched an investigation following the seizure of around one tonne of cocaine at London Gateway port. 

557 people have been arrested as part of Operation Henhouse, the fifth year of our UK-wide campaign against fraud, coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre at the National Crime Agency and City of London Police.

A group of smugglers who were part of a vast drugs supply network have been sentenced.

Almost a ton of cocaine has been seized and two men charged in a National Crime Agency investigation.

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Operation ATLANTIC is an ongoing initiative by the National Crime Agency, working alongside the United States Secret Service, Canadian Law Enforcement and Regulators, aimed at identifying and contacting individuals who may have been affected by cryptoasset fraud.

A convicted murderer and two accomplices staged an elaborate scheme to help criminal associates escape big prison sentences for international drug trafficking.

Four taxi drivers who were part of a conspiracy to smuggle illegal migrants to France in the back of lorries have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A mother and son who plotted to smuggle 14 kilos of cocaine into the UK have been jailed, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A Slovakian national with a firearms fixation has been jailed for possessing a gun and manufacturing live ammunition following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Two men who ran a people smuggling ‘VIP service’ using a yacht to transport migrants from France to the UK have been jailed.

A man nicknamed “Killer” and his two younger brothers have been convicted 18 years after they sexually abused four children and a woman in Sheffield, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The National Crime Agency has welcomed the Government’s new Fraud Strategy, which will bolster the organisation’s commitment to protecting the public against fraudsters particularly those operating upstream, overseas and online.

A woman who smuggled a deadly haul of military grade weapons, ammunition and Class A drugs into the UK has been jailed for nine years following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The National Crime Agency has gained possession of a property on Sandmoor Drive, Leeds, following protracted legal proceedings.

A family who obtained £150,000 in fraudulent Bounce Back Loans (BBL) during the Covid-19 pandemic to fund house renovations, credit card debt and school fees have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.