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Major scam centre targeted after international operation

On Monday 7 July, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided a fraud call-centre based in Noida, in Uttar Pradesh.

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Four people have been arrested in the UK as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into cyber attacks targeting M&S, Co-op and Harrods.

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Six people have been charged as part of a joint National Crime Agency and Police Scotland investigation into the supply of controlled drugs.

NCA and BPOL target Channel small boat suppliers

The National Crime Agency are working with the German Bundespolizei (BPOL) to warn maritime equipment suppliers in Germany to take extra precautions to stop equipment ending up in the hands of cross-Channel people smugglers.

UK's first INTERPOL Silver Notice secured against fraudster

The UK's first INTERPOL Silver Notice has been published to help trace and recover the criminal assets of a convicted fraudster thought to have made £8.5 million illegally.

Operation Machinize

Barbershops and other cash-intensive businesses across England have been targeted by police and other law enforcement officers during a three-week crackdown on high street crime.

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Sixty-three UK-based users of a Dark Web site hosting child sexual abuse material have been identified following work by the National Crime Agency.

The NCA launches the NSA

The Director General of the National Crime Agency has warned of a “deeply concerning” trend of online networks of predominantly teenage boys, dedicated to inflicting harm and committing a range of criminality.

National Crime Agency launches online campaign to tackle 'sextortion' among young teenage boys

The National Crime Agency has launched a campaign to combat the threat posed to teenage boys by financially motivated sexual extortion - a type of online blackmail widely known as 'sextortion'.

Operation Henhouse

433 people have been arrested in a UK-wide campaign against fraud, coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre and City of London Police.

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Two men who attempted to import multi-tonne quantities of cocaine from South America, and laundered the profits through a Hatton Garden gold merchant, have been jailed.

Operation Stovewood: Men found guilty of raping girls at parties

Three men who organised parties at which they got children drunk and then abused them have been convicted of a series of sexual offences, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. 

Pair jailed for attempt to import a pistol from Florida

Two drug dealers who attempted to acquire a handgun in the post have been jailed following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Operation Venetic: Leeds-based cocaine and amphetamine production ring dismantled

Four final members of an organised crime group that peddled drugs and firearms across the north of England have been jailed following a long-running National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Twenty firearms seized from suspected gun factory

Twenty firearms have been seized from a suspected gun factory following an intelligence-led operation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Participating countries

The National Crime Agency has participated in a global operation to degrade some of the most popular services used by cyber criminals to carry out cyber attacks that affect public services and cripple businesses in the UK.