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Three more convictions after £100 million 'cash in suitcases' conspiracy

Three more convictions after £100 million 'cash in suitcases' conspiracy

Three members of a criminal network that smuggled more than £100m in illicit cash from the UK to the UAE have been found guilty of money laundering offences – bringing the total number convicted of involvement in the conspiracy to 14.

02 December 2023
  • Money laundering
Seven men charged in National Crime Agency investigation into £140m cocaine seizure

Seven men charged in National Crime Agency investigation into £140m cocaine seizure

Seven men have been charged over a plot to import £140m worth of cocaine into the UK.

30 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Man wanted over Rotherham abuse allegations arrested in Bulgaria

Man wanted over Rotherham abuse allegations arrested in Bulgaria

A man wanted by the National Crime Agency in connection with Operation Stovewood has been arrested in Bulgaria.

30 November 2023
  • Stovewood
  • Child sexual exploitation
Suspected organised crime group arrested over 1.3 tonnes of cocaine worth £140m

Suspected organised crime group arrested over 1.3 tonnes of cocaine worth £140m

Members of a suspected organised crime group from the North West of England have been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle £140m worth of cocaine into the United Kingdom, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

29 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Lorry driver who worked for people smuggling crime group jailed

Lorry driver who worked for people smuggling crime group jailed

A lorry driver who smuggled migrants for a London-based people smuggling gang has been jailed for two-years-and-eight months.

28 November 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Operation Stovewood to move into new phase in 2024

Operation Stovewood to move into new phase in 2024

The UK’s biggest ever investigation into child abuse is to move into a new phase in the next few months, the National Crime Agency has announced.

28 November 2023
  • Stovewood
  • Child sexual exploitation
North Yorks man found with child abuse images after sending thousands of pounds to the Philippines

North Yorks man found with child abuse images after sending thousands of pounds to the Philippines

A man from North Yorkshire has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after National Crime Agency officers recovered indecent images of children from his computers.

25 November 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Dog rescued from a life of organised crime - Happy ending for “unwitting accomplice” Camila

Dog rescued from a life of organised crime - Happy ending for “unwitting accomplice” Camila

A dog used in attempt to bring cocaine worth £800,000 into the UK will be rehomed after her owner was jailed for 6 years and 4 months following an NCA investigation.

24 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Operation Stovewood: Rotherham man jailed for 10 years over child sex abuse offences

Operation Stovewood: Rotherham man jailed for 10 years over child sex abuse offences

A man from Rotherham has been found guilty of nine child sex abuse offences, following an investigation conducted by the National Crime Agency as part of Operation Stovewood.

23 November 2023
  • Stovewood
  • Child sexual abuse
Child rapist jailed following NCA investigation

Child rapist jailed following NCA investigation

A West Midlands man who posted videos of himself raping and sexually assaulting a young boy online has been jailed for nearly 12 years.

22 November 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Hull woman sentenced for taking indecent images of a child

Hull woman sentenced for taking indecent images of a child

A 23-year-old woman who took indecent photos of a child and sent them to her boyfriend has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation.

22 November 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
People smuggling fixer jailed for brokering dangerous small boat Channel crossings

People smuggling fixer jailed for brokering dangerous small boat Channel crossings

An Albanian woman has been jailed for seven and a half years after a National Crime Agency investigation found that she had acted as a fixer for people smugglers arranging small boat crossings from France to the UK.

19 November 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Curtis Warren charged with breaching serious crime prevention order

Curtis Warren charged with breaching serious crime prevention order

National Crime Agency officers have charged a 60-year-old man from Liverpool with committing numerous breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order.

17 November 2023
 Third member of criminal network who smuggled Vietnamese migrants into the UK in lorries convicted

Third member of criminal network who smuggled Vietnamese migrants into the UK in lorries convicted

A man has been found guilty of playing a leading role in a network smuggling Vietnamese nationals to the UK in the backs of lorries, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

17 November 2023
Member of steroid smuggling organised crime group told to hand over £9.8m proceeds of crime

Member of steroid smuggling organised crime group told to hand over £9.8m proceeds of crime

The final member of a global anabolic steroid manufacture and distribution network has today been ordered to hand over assets worth more than £9.8 million following a financial investigation by the National Crime Agency.

17 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Jail for man who scammed young women online to send explicit images

Jail for man who scammed young women online to send explicit images

An online fraudster who mocked up images of bank statements to trick teenage girls into sending him intimate photos has been jailed for 30 months.

13 November 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Fraud
People smuggling lorry driver jailed for three years

People smuggling lorry driver jailed for three years

A lorry driver who was caught trying to smuggle a wanted criminal out of the UK has been jailed for three years.

13 November 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Pair jailed for supplying bullet cartridges and magazines to illegal gun factory

Pair jailed for supplying bullet cartridges and magazines to illegal gun factory

A man and a woman have been sentenced for supplying materials used to create live ammunition and pistols at an illegal gun factory following a National Crime Agency investigation.

11 November 2023
  • Firearms
Pair jailed after drugs discovered within pallets of vegetables

Pair jailed after drugs discovered within pallets of vegetables

Two men have been jailed after attempting to smuggle 600 kilos of cannabis hidden within crates of broccoli.

11 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Assistant head teacher caught with 11,500 child abuse images

Assistant head teacher caught with 11,500 child abuse images

An assistant head teacher from Yorkshire has pleaded guilty to making over 11,500 images and videos of child abuse following a National Crime Agency investigation.

08 November 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
NCA warns of abuse of gold to evade sanctions

NCA warns of abuse of gold to evade sanctions

The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to financial institutions and other members of the regulated sector warning that Russia is using gold as a means to undermine the impact of the UK sanctions regime.

08 November 2023
London man jailed for smuggling 900,000 euros and 10 kilos of cocaine across Europe

London man jailed for smuggling 900,000 euros and 10 kilos of cocaine across Europe

A career criminal who trafficked drugs and dirty cash between Ireland and the Netherlands has been jailed for 21 years, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

04 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
British men jailed after investigation exposes travelling child abuse network

British men jailed after investigation exposes travelling child abuse network

Two British men are in prison after the NCA proved they were part of a secret Europe-wide network whose members travelled the world to sexually abuse children.

03 November 2023
  • Child sexual exploitation
  • Child sexual abuse
Operation Venetic: Corrupt police worker jailed for tipping-off criminal over secret international investigation

Operation Venetic: Corrupt police worker jailed for tipping-off criminal over secret international investigation

A corrupt police employee who illegally accessed sensitive information and tipped-off a criminal friend about a secret, international investigation into serious and organised crime has been jailed.

03 November 2023
  • Operation Venetic
Youth worker posed as a teenage girl to abuse boys online

Youth worker posed as a teenage girl to abuse boys online

A former children’s holiday camp manager who groomed more than 70 teenage boys online by pretending to be a 16-year-old girl has been jailed.

01 November 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Prison for drugs gang who attempted to smuggle cocaine worth £11 million in bananas

Prison for drugs gang who attempted to smuggle cocaine worth £11 million in bananas

Four members of an organised crime group have been jailed after attempting to smuggle 139 kilos of cocaine into the UK hidden in a consignment of bananas.

01 November 2023
  • Drug trafficking
DG NCA Graeme Biggar delivers RUSI's 4th Annual Security Lecture

DG NCA Graeme Biggar delivers RUSI's 4th Annual Security Lecture

31 October 2023
  • Serious and organised crime
£10m buried in ship’s hull seized at Sheerness

£10m buried in ship’s hull seized at Sheerness

Cocaine hidden deep within a container ship at Sheerness Port in Kent has been seized as part of a National Crime Agency investigation involving police officers and Border Force.

28 October 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Man sentenced for firearms importation had searched the web for school shooting info

Man sentenced for firearms importation had searched the web for school shooting info

A man from Scotland who attempted to buy a gun and ammunition online and searched the web for details of a school shooting and primary school holidays has been sentenced.

26 October 2023
  • Firearms
Four charged in small boats investigation

Four charged in small boats investigation

Four people have been charged as part of a National Crime Agency into a crime group alleged to be involved in smuggling people to the UK using small boats.

25 October 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
New NCA podcast released which unearths the murky world of serious and organised crime

New NCA podcast released which unearths the murky world of serious and organised crime

A decade after its formation, the National Crime Agency is inviting the public to hear first-hand how NCA specialists have used their world-leading intelligence capabilities, investigative expertise and specialist skills to bring some of the country’s most dangerous criminals to justice.

24 October 2023
Manchester man jailed after planning abuse of baby

Manchester man jailed after planning abuse of baby

A man from Manchester who arranged to rape a 12-week-old baby has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison.

24 October 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Operation Venetic: ‘Teflon’ drugs boss with £250k watch is jailed for 20 years

Operation Venetic: ‘Teflon’ drugs boss with £250k watch is jailed for 20 years

A drugs boss who had a £250,000 watch has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a National Crime Agency investigation.

23 October 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Three arrested in NCA investigation into small boats “agent”

Three arrested in NCA investigation into small boats “agent”

Two men and a woman have been arrested by the National Crime Agency as part of an investigation into a crime group alleged to be involved in smuggling people to the UK using small boats.

23 October 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Registered sex offender packed sweets and toys for girls he intended to abuse in hotel room

Registered sex offender packed sweets and toys for girls he intended to abuse in hotel room

An IT engineer from Bristol who arranged to meet young girls at an airport hotel so that he could sexually abuse them has been jailed for two years. 


20 October 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
Man who led small boats crime network responsible for smuggling 10,000 to the UK jailed

Man who led small boats crime network responsible for smuggling 10,000 to the UK jailed

A man who was arrested by the National Crime Agency has been jailed for 11 years for leading a small boats people smuggling network believed to have been involved in smuggling around 10,000 people to the UK.

18 October 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Operation Stovewood: Rotherham man admits child rape offences

Operation Stovewood: Rotherham man admits child rape offences

A National Crime Agency investigation has resulted in a man from Rotherham being convicted of raping and indecently assaulting a teenage girl.

17 October 2023
  • Child sexual abuse
64 years for Birmingham gang who acquired deadly firearms to protect their drugs enterprise

64 years for Birmingham gang who acquired deadly firearms to protect their drugs enterprise

Three members of a Birmingham-based gang supplying class A drugs and sourcing deadly firearms have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation.

13 October 2023
  • Drug trafficking
  • Firearms
Driver charged over alleged cross-Channel people smuggling

Driver charged over alleged cross-Channel people smuggling

A Polish lorry driver has been charged with people smuggling offences, as part of an investigation by the National Crime Agency into an organised crime group suspected of transporting migrants to the UK in HGVs and boats.

11 October 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
  • people smuggling
Second man arrested in Devon pleasure boat people smuggling investigation

Second man arrested in Devon pleasure boat people smuggling investigation

A second man has been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into people smuggling across the Channel using a pleasure boat.

10 October 2023
NCA investigation launched after drugs found off south coast of England

NCA investigation launched after drugs found off south coast of England

The National Crime Agency has begun an investigation following the recovery of a significant quantity of what is thought to be cocaine from the coast of Dorset and Hampshire.

07 October 2023
  • Drug trafficking
National Crime Agency running more than 800 operations as it reaches 10th anniversary

National Crime Agency running more than 800 operations as it reaches 10th anniversary

The National Crime Agency marks its 10th anniversary on Saturday 7 October, and has revealed it is running more than 800 operations into serious and  organised crime groups impacting the United Kingdom.

06 October 2023
Registered sex offender jailed for assaulting boy he groomed online

Registered sex offender jailed for assaulting boy he groomed online

A Derbyshire man who drove to Suffolk to sexually assault an 11-year-old boy he met online has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.

06 October 2023
Man charged in pleasure boat people smuggling investigation

Man charged in pleasure boat people smuggling investigation

A man has been charged with people smuggling offences as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the cross-Channel transport of migrants using a pleasure boat.

04 October 2023
 Operation Venetic: Machine gun conspirators jailed

Operation Venetic: Machine gun conspirators jailed

Two criminals who plotted together on an encrypted communications platform over a sub machine gun and drugs deals have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation.

29 September 2023
  • Drug trafficking
  • Firearms
Operation Venetic: Prolific drug dealer sentenced

Operation Venetic: Prolific drug dealer sentenced

An Albanian drug dealer who supplied more than £1million of cocaine in just four months has been jailed after a Right Move advert exposed the location of his illicit business.

29 September 2023
  • Drug trafficking
NCA make further arrests in connection with £6.8m cocaine seizure

NCA make further arrests in connection with £6.8m cocaine seizure

National Crime Agency officers investigating the seizure of cocaine worth £6.8 million in Liverpool have made two further arrests in Northern Ireland.

29 September 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Arrest made in Channel death investigation

Arrest made in Channel death investigation

National Crime Agency officers have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the death of a woman who is thought to have died attempting to cross the Channel in a small boat.

27 September 2023
  • Organised immigration crime
Lorry driver charged after 136 kilos of cocaine found in trailer doors

Lorry driver charged after 136 kilos of cocaine found in trailer doors

A Lithuanian lorry driver has been charged after cocaine worth around £6.8 million was seized as part of an ongoing National Crime Agency investigation.

26 September 2023
  • Drug trafficking
Jail for teacher who sexually abused teenage pupil

Jail for teacher who sexually abused teenage pupil

A science and technology teacher from North Yorkshire who sexually assaulted one of his pupils has been sentenced to more than nine years.

25 September 2023

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