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Five people have been charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into Russian Coms, a group which made products used by criminals to defraud victims all over the world.

A pair of people smugglers who arranged the transport of Vietnamese migrants to the UK hidden in lorries have been sentenced.

A man from London has been charged with smuggling cannabis from Thailand, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A young couple from Merseyside have been charged with smuggling cannabis from Thailand, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The mastermind of a largescale drugs ring and his gang members have been jailed, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The kingpin of a £109 million drugs network has been jailed, after a National Crime Agency-led international investigation unearthed his criminality.

A 45-year-old woman has been charged with smuggling 51.2kg of cannabis from Thailand on a flight to the United Kingdom, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The ‘average’ British courier will have to pay around £17,700 to leave the country.

A man who encouraged child sexual abuse facilitators to make their victims ‘cry’ has been sentenced, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A suspected member of an organised crime group which smuggles migrants to and from the UK in lorries has been arrested by the National Crime Agency.

Parents and carers are being alerted to the growing threat of children's images shared online being manipulated into AI generated sexual abuse material. 

A fourth man has now been charged with facilitating illegal immigration in connection with an incident which saw a number of people detained for immigration offences in Holland-on-Sea near Clacton last week.

A coordinated national law enforcement response has been announced today to tackle the evolving threat of organised sexual offending and domestic abuse perpetrated in person and shared online by predominantly males against females, known as organised drug-facilitated sexual assault (ODFSA).

Twenty-five inflatable boats which were being shipped to people smuggling gangs operating in the English Channel have been intercepted in Bulgaria.

A man has been arrested and charged with people smuggling offences in relation to small boat crossings, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A Birmingham couple have been sentenced after cannabis and cash were found at their home as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

Two people have been jailed for their involvement in supplying drugs to organised crime groups.

Two young men have admitted mounting a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL), which cost tens of millions of pounds in losses and inconvenienced thousands of customers.

Five women have told a court about the impact of being sexually abused by three brothers, as the men were sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison today.

Crime has fundamentally changed, and the pace of that change is increasing rapidly. It will not slow down. We need to work differently to keep up.

Another fugitive from the National Crime Agency’s “most wanted” list has been arrested.

A courier who delivered firearms around the UK for supply to crime groups has been sentenced after a National Crime Agency investigation.

A drugs trafficker who collected cocaine from American couriers flying into a UK airport has been jailed for 15 years and four months.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and Department for Education (DfE) are urging teachers and education staff to spot the signs of possible invoice fraud in a joint campaign launched today.

Dozens of boats, engines and other small boat equipment have been seized in Germany, as part of a joint investigation involving the National Crime Agency.

The captain of an interdicted Russian shadow fleet vessel has been charged by the Crown Prosecution Service following an arrest by National Crime Agency officers.

Operation Beaconport is shaping a new national police practice for investigating group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE).

Five men have been charged in relation to an at-sea cocaine smuggling attempt, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The National Crime Agency welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement on device controls that prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images, and we fully support any measures that make the online world safer for children.

A criminal family and their associates smuggled almost £30 million of cash out of the UK to the United Arab Emirates hidden in suitcases.

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.

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.