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1. Operation Venetic: Drugs supplier jailed after being identified from messages about musician father

   A man trusted to broker multi-million pound drug deals for organised criminals has been jailed for more than 10 years after a team of specialist investigators identified him from messages about his musician father.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation-venetic-drugs-supplier-jailed-after-being-identified-from-messages-about-musician-father?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

2. Almost £30m of Class A drugs seized in just 12 months by Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership

   A specialist team of officers from the National Crime Agency and Merseyside Police have seized nearly £30m worth of Class A drugs in their first year of operating.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/almost-30m-of-class-a-drugs-seized-in-just-12-months-by-merseyside-organised-crime-partnership?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

3. Birmingham Airport drug smuggler lands nine year sentence after being caught with heroin haul

   A man who tried to smuggle heroin worth almost £1 million into the UK through Birmingham Airport has been jailed for nine years.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/birmingham-airport-drug-smuggler-lands-nine-year-sentence-after-being-caught-with-heroin-haul?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

4. UK Financial Intelligence Unit

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/money-laundering-and-illicit-finance/ukfiu?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

5. More than two tonnes of cocaine seized and six arrested after swoop on luxury yacht

   More than two tonnes of cocaine worth around £160m has been seized and six men arrested in a dramatic operation at sea.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/more-than-two-tonnes-of-cocaine-seized-and-six-arrested-after-swoop-on-luxury-yacht?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

6. County Lines image (text version)

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/accessibility-text/553-county-lines-image-text-version?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

7. Three arrests in international County Lines investigation

   Three men suspected of a plot to import significant amounts of heroin into the UK from Afghanistan - destined for County Lines networks - have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/three-arrests-in-international-county-lines-investigation?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

8. Coronavirus press conference - 25 April 2020: Director General Lynne Owen's speech

   Director General Lynne Owens joined the Home Secretary and NHS England's Medical Director in today's coronavirus press conference.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/coronavirus-press-conference-25-april-2020-director-general-lynne-owen-s-speech?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

9. NCA statement on Professor Dame Carol Black review of drugs

   Dame Carol Black has published a review into the challenges posed by drug supply and demand, and what more can be done to tackle the harm that drugs cause.

   https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-statement-on-professor-dame-carol-black-review-of-drugs?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

10. Fraudsters targeted in new national law enforcement campaign

    The National Economic Crime Centre in collaboration with City of London Police are spearheading a campaign targeting fraudsters responsible for duping members of the public and businesses out of billions of pounds.

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/fraudsters-targeted-in-new-national-law-enforcement-campaign?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

11. NCA Intelligence Assessment County Lines, Gangs and Safeguarding 2015

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/359-nca-intelligence-assessment-county-lines-gangs-and-safeguarding-2015?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

12. Record numbers arrested and hundreds of children protected as County Lines drug networks targeted

    County Lines drug networks have been targeted in a week of coordinated law enforcement activity across the UK.

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/record-numbers-arrested-and-hundreds-of-children-protected-as-county-lines-drug-networks-targeted?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

13. More than 1,000 children protected in first year of centre tackling County Lines

    The national centre to coordinate law enforcement activity to tackle County Lines has, in its first year of operation, protected more than 1,000 children from being exploited by drug gangs.

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/more-than-1-000-children-protected-in-first-year-of-centre-tackling-county-lines?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

14. £40m heroin seizure after international operation

    An international law enforcement investigation has resulted in one of the largest ever seizures of heroin in the UK.

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/40m-heroin-seizure-after-international-operation?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

15. NCA Annual Report 2019 published

    The Annual Report & Accounts detail the work of the agency to fight serious and organised crime in 2018/19.

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/nca-annual-report-2019-published?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

16. Hundreds arrested and more than £310k cash seized as part of national activity targeting County Lines drug gangs

    Gangs targeted in a week of coordinated law enforcement activity across the UK

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/hundreds-arrested-and-more-than-310k-cash-seized-as-part-of-national-activity-targeting-county-lines-drug-gangs?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

17. County Lines

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/drug-trafficking/county-lines?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

18. County Lines: Drug supply, vulnerability and harm 2018

    County Lines

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/257-county-lines-drug-supply-vulnerability-and-harm-2018?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

19. County Lines

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/component/tags/tag/county-lines?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd

20. County Lines Violence, Exploitation & Drug Supply 2017

    Intelligence Drugs Modern slavery Human trafficking County Lines

    https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/234-county-lines-violen-ce-exploitation-drug-supply-2017?highlight=WyJjb3VudHkiLCJsaW5lcyJd