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A man from Burton-on-Trent, who used an encrypted online platform to view and download child sexual abuse material, has been sentenced.

A manager from Staffordshire who posted images online of him sexually assaulting a child has been jailed for eight years.

National Crime Agency officers have targeted members of a major criminal network suspected of involvement in the smuggling of up to 10,000 people into the UK.

A man and woman have been arrested following searches across Heckmondwike and Dewsbury this morning, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation linked to heroin supply in West Yorkshire.

National Crime Agency officers have today joined what is believed to be the biggest ever international operation targeting criminal networks suspected of using small boats to smuggle thousands of people into the UK.

National Crime Agency officers have assisted an operation in France which has seen more than a dozen arrests in connection with the deaths of 27 people attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last November.

A man from Wolverhampton has agreed to pay the National Crime Agency £110,000 following a Civil Recovery and Tax investigation into his property dealings.

A Hertfordshire man has been jailed for paying for and directing the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines and Romania.

Five suspects have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into modern slavery, cannabis cultivation and money laundering.

A couple who kept vulnerable people as slaves and made them work for free at a car wash business in Bristol have been jailed for a total of 25 years following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Two brothers from the Bradford area have agreed to pay the National Crime Agency approximately £4.3 million following a civil recovery investigation into their multi-million pound property portfolio.

An Irish national has been handed a four year jail sentence after admitting his part in an international people smuggling conspiracy.

A gangland enforcer who launched a horrifying acid attack on a victim and plotted to blind other victims has been sentenced to life behind bars.

An alleged drugs supplier and one of the UK’s most wanted men has been arrested in Bulgaria.

Keith Davis and Andrew Gurney, who were jailed for drugs offences in June this year, have had their sentences increased.