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Arrests made as part of European operation targeting people smuggling network

National Crime Agency officers have arrested three people as part of a coordinated operation with French police against a people smuggling organised crime group involved in transporting Vietnamese migrants to the UK in lorries and small boats.

  • Organised immigration crime
Nikolli in a black hoodie, covering his face with a face mask and holding two firearms

Drug dealer caught with multiple weapons jailed for attempting to import a firearm

A drug dealer who was caught with multiple weapons has been jailed after attempting to import a firearm.

  • Drug trafficking
  • Firearms
Packages of cocaine laid out on the floor

Third man charged in large cocaine seizure investigation

Almost a ton of cocaine has been seized and two men charged in a National Crime Agency investigation.

  • Drug trafficking
Haprian and Lacatus

Recruiter for HGV people smugglers jailed for six years

A man who was involved in recruiting lorry drivers for people smugglers has been jailed for six years today (27 March), following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

  • Organised immigration crime

People smuggler who referred to migrants as ‘chickens’ is sentenced

A key member of an international people smuggling network involved in illegal migrant crossings to the UK has been jailed for more than 10 years.

  • Organised immigration crime
Three officers surveying seized boats

Four arrested in Germany as part of major international operation targeting Channel small boat people smuggling network

National Crime Agency officers have joined international partners in a major operation which has seen four people arrested in Germany today (Wednesday 25 March), as part of an investigation targeting a network suspected of supplying equipment to cross-Channel small boat people smugglers.

  • Organised immigration crime
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NCA and National Federation of Builders launch campaign to protect against invoice fraud in construction

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and National Federation of Builders (NFB) have launched a joint campaign aimed at accounts payable professionals and finance personnel in the construction industry that highlights the risks of invoice fraud, a crime that costs businesses millions each year.

  • Fraud
Large quantity of blocks of cocaine

Investigation launched after cocaine worth around £80m seized

National Crime Agency officers have launched an investigation following the seizure of around one tonne of cocaine at London Gateway port. 

  • Drug trafficking

Operation Henhouse: Strongest year yet in fight against fraud led by NCA and City of London police

557 people have been arrested as part of Operation Henhouse, the fifth year of our UK-wide campaign against fraud, coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre at the National Crime Agency and City of London Police.

  • Fraud

Smugglers who were part of a vast drugs supply network sentenced

A group of smugglers who were part of a vast drugs supply network have been sentenced.

  • Drug trafficking

NCA launches the National Strategic Assessment 2026

Read the speech delivered for the National Strategic Assessment Launch 2026.

  • NSA
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Operation ATLANTIC

Operation ATLANTIC is an ongoing initiative by the National Crime Agency, working alongside the United States Secret Service, Canadian Law Enforcement and Regulators, aimed at identifying and contacting individuals who may have been affected by cryptoasset fraud.

  • Fraud
William Todd & a digger

Murderer led scheme from behind bars to help drug traffickers walk free

A convicted murderer and two accomplices staged an elaborate scheme to help criminal associates escape big prison sentences for international drug trafficking.

  • Drug trafficking

Taxi drivers sentenced for helping smuggle illegal migrants to France

Four taxi drivers who were part of a conspiracy to smuggle illegal migrants to France in the back of lorries have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Meadowcroft and Couzins

Mother and son sentenced after attempting to smuggle 14 kilos of cocaine

A mother and son who plotted to smuggle 14 kilos of cocaine into the UK have been jailed, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

  • Drug trafficking

"Gun-obsessed" doomsday prepper caught with firearm and ammunition

A Slovakian national with a firearms fixation has been jailed for possessing a gun and manufacturing live ammunition following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

  • Firearms

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