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Dozens of boats, engines and other small boat equipment have been seized in Germany, as part of a joint investigation involving the National Crime Agency.

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Operation Beaconport is shaping a new national police practice for investigating group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE).

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The captain of an interdicted Russian shadow fleet vessel has been charged by the Crown Prosecution Service following an arrest by National Crime Agency officers.

UPDATE: Five charged over £34m cocaine at-sea smuggling attempt

Five men have been charged in relation to an at-sea cocaine smuggling attempt, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

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The National Crime Agency welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement on device controls that prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude images, and we fully support any measures that make the online world safer for children.

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A criminal family and their associates smuggled almost £30 million of cash out of the UK to the United Arab Emirates hidden in suitcases.

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An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using a truck, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

Man pleads guilty in Canada to sending items to aid suicide to UK victims

Today, Kenneth Law, 60, from Mississauga, Canada, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide at Newmarket Court in Canada.

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A drug supplier who is linked to the deaths of at least two people from hugely powerful Class A nitazene drugs has admitted a raft of criminal charges, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

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Four people have been arrested by the National Crime Agency as part of an international money laundering investigation.

Five arrested after yacht carrying migrants intercepted in West Sussex

Five men have been arrested after a yacht carrying seven people to the UK illegally was intercepted off the south coast of England.

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Three convicted people smugglers are among thirty people who have today been warned that they will stay on the National Crime Agency’s radar after serving their prison sentences.

West Sussex man admits paying for children to be sexually abused

A 76-year-old man from West Sussex has today pleaded guilty to 36 child abuse offences, including paying for children in the Philippines to be sexually abused to order.

The longer we wait, the more children we fail - NCA and NPCC call for online platform restrictions for under 16s

Two of the UK’s most senior law enforcement officers have said that restrictions on under 16s’ access to unsafe online platforms are needed to protect children from harmful online offenders.

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A man who is suspected of facilitating the arrival of 19 illegal migrants into the UK has been arrested by the National Crime Agency.

NCA launches initiative with banks to stop criminals who livestream child sexual abuse

Banks could provide critical intervention to stop UK offenders who pay for livestreamed child sexual abuse overseas, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.