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1. Arrests made as part of European operation targeting people smuggling network
2. NCA and social media companies work together to tackle organised immigration crime
3. Arrest made in Channel death investigation
4. UPDATE: Alleged small boat pilot charged over four deaths in Channel
5. Man wanted over fatal small boat crossing arrested by NCA
6. Second arrest in investigation into suspected cross-border people smuggling
7. Four arrested in UK in joint NCA-French operation targeting alleged Vietnamese Facebook people smugglers
8. NCA officers make further arrest over fatal Channel crossing (UPDATED)
9. Arrest made in NCA small boat crossings investigation
10. 12,000 takedowns as NCA leads blitz on people smugglers' social media accounts
11. People smuggler who arranged spaces on Channel boat crossings jailed following NCA investigation
12. Men jailed for people smuggling operation masterminded from Caerphilly car wash
13. Jail for people smugglers who ran ‘VIP ferry service’ for migrants
14. Six convicted in France over small boat migrant smuggling network
15. Suspected members of people smuggling network arrested in NCA dawn raids across London
16. NCA and BPOL target Channel small boat suppliers
17. Two arrested by the NCA in illegal immigration investigation
18. NCA works with Bulgarian partners to make major seizure of small boats
19. Arrest made in cross-Channel boat supply investigation
20. Vietnamese pair advertising small boats crossings on Facebook sentenced
21. Five arrested by the NCA in lorry people smuggling investigation
22. Suspected people smuggler wanted in Germany arrested by the NCA in Manchester
23. Arrests as NCA uncovers cannabis farm and drugs supply network in the West Midlands
24. Man arrested over people smuggling social media posts
25. NCA warning as lorry drivers are targeted for recruitment by people smuggling gangs
26. NCA leads unprecedented intensification with international partners targeting the supply of boats and engines destined for people smugglers
27. People smugglers who arranged HGV transport for migrants are convicted
28. Organised immigration crime
29. Investigating and disrupting the highest risk serious and organised criminals
30. Border vulnerabilities
31. Director General (Operations): Rob Jones
32. Prolific people smuggler brought down after NCA investigation
33. Logged out: 2025 record year for takedowns as more than 10,000 social media accounts linked to people smuggling are closed
34. Slough couple arrested as part of international people smuggling investigation
35. Intercepted at sea – migrant boat halted as people smuggling network is dismantled
36. Three arrested over alleged supply of boats to cross-Channel people smugglers
37. NCA issues warning to maritime industry over organised crime links to small boats
38. Eight arrested in Greece as Project Invigor targets major international people smuggling network
39. UPDATE: Birmingham people smuggling arrest – man charged
40. Intelligence: enhancing the picture of serious organised crime affecting the UK
41. Fugitive members of small boat people smuggling network who sexually abused migrants are extradited
42. NI man arrested by the NCA as part of international people smuggling investigation
43. Gang leader who bragged of smuggling more than 100 women into UK jailed for 10 years
44. People smugglers use ever more dangerous boats to attempt Channel crossings as NCA issue international alert
45. NCA renews appeal to maritime industry over criminal targeting
46. Five arrested in National Crime Agency modern slavery investigation
47. Arrests in France in connection with Channel small boat deaths
48. Five arrested in National Crime Agency people smuggling investigation
49. Former NCA “number one target” jailed for supplying thousands of boats to Channel people smugglers
50. Albanian people smuggling network who shipped migrants to the UK from Spain dismantled