- Drug trafficking
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Corrupt border officer jailed for aiding organised crime group
A corrupt border officer who was arrested by the National Crime Agency in August 2023 has been jailed for two years for assisting a London-based crime group.
08 June 2024
Operation Stovewood: Seven guilty of abusing teenage girls who were in care
Seven men have been found guilty of a string of child sex abuse offences against two teenage girls in Rotherham in the early 2000s.
05 June 2024
NCA uncovers corrupt officials who helped wanted criminals to circumvent international Red Notice system
Four people have been detained in Moldova in relation to a suspected corruption scheme to bribe officials in Moldova and elsewhere for wanted persons to avoid detection by Red Notices published by INTERPOL.
04 June 2024
NCA arrest two men in connection with Channel beach death
National Crime Agency officers have arrested two men wanted by the French authorities over the death a young girl who was attempting to cross the Channel in a small boat.
03 June 2024
Nurse sentenced for viewing child abuse material
A nurse from Ipswich who worked with vulnerable adults has been sentenced for viewing child abuse images.
31 May 2024
NCA investigation leads to modern slavery and cannabis charges
Six people have been charged with forcing people to work in cannabis farms, following a National Crime Agency investigation.
31 May 2024
Crime group sentenced for shipping crystal meth to Australia
Three people who sent crystal meth to Australia, where it would have been worth up to £4.3 million at street level, have been jailed.
31 May 2024
National Crime Agency part of international operation to destroy cyber crime services
The National Crime Agency has dismantled the servers of prominent malware ‘droppers’ which have enabled cyber criminals to conduct ransomware attacks around the world.
30 May 2024
Border Force officer jailed after supplying MDMA
A corrupt former border officer from Kent has been sentenced after supplying class A drugs, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
30 May 2024
Operation Stovewood: Rotherham man convicted of further child sex offences
A man from Rotherham who is already serving a 23-year jail term for raping and indecently assaulting teenage girls has been sentenced after admitting further offences.
24 May 2024
Operation Stovewood: Taxi driver found guilty of raping two girls 20 years ago
A taxi driver who raped two children in Rotherham two decades ago has been convicted, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
23 May 2024
Peter Virdee charged with bribing a foreign official
A man wanted in relation to a multi-million pound NCA bribery investigation has been charged alongside the company of which he is a director.
23 May 2024
Operation Venetic: Fugitive drugs boss hid in parents’ loft
A “significant and trusted” drugs supplier who went on the run from law enforcement was caught hiding in his parents’ loft.
22 May 2024
Two men jailed over firearms and ammunition seizures
Two men involved in the handover of a firearm, which was recovered from a minicab in south east London, have been jailed.
21 May 2024
People smugglers sentenced following long-running NCA investigation
Two east London criminals who arranged for migrants to be smuggled into the UK using lorries and small aircraft have been sentenced to a combined total of five years and two months.
18 May 2024
NCA secures first Unexplained Wealth Order in Northern Ireland
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has secured the first Unexplained Wealth Order in Northern Ireland against a man suspected of involvement in serious organised crime.
17 May 2024
Audio released as former Chief of Staff to Madagascan President sentenced
The National Crime Agency has released new audio clips exposing bribery in action after today’s sentencing of the former Chief of Staff to the President of Madagascar and her associate, French national Philippe Tabuteau.
10 May 2024
Operation Venetic: Liverpool drug dealer wanted to use shotgun to blast victims’ legs
A Liverpool drug dealer planned to blast the legs of three people with a shotgun in retribution attacks.
07 May 2024
Drivers charged after NCA investigation finds £2 million worth of cannabis hidden in lorries
Two lorry drivers have been charged with drugs offences after 104 kilos of cannabis was seized in two separate seizures in England as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a suspected crime network based in Northern Ireland.
07 May 2024
LockBit leader unmasked and sanctioned
A leader of what was once the world’s most harmful cyber crime group has been unmasked and sanctioned by the UK, US and Australia, following a National Crime Agency-led international disruption campaign.
07 May 2024
Four arrested after half a tonne of cocaine seized
Four men have been arrested by National Crime Agency officers investigating the attempted importation of cocaine with a potential street value of around £40 million.
05 May 2024
Arrest made in NCA small boat crossings investigation
National Crime Agency officers have today (5 May) arrested a man as part of an investigation into an organised crime network suspected of organising cross-Channel small boat crossings.
05 May 2024
Spanish national charged after huge Manchester Airport cannabis seizure
A Spanish national has been charged with drug smuggling offences by the National Crime Agency after eight suitcases packed with cannabis were found at Manchester Airport.
03 May 2024
Three due in court over Heathrow £3.6m cocaine seizures
National Crime Agency officers have charged three people with drug smuggling offences after three separate cocaine seizures off the same flight.
01 May 2024
Operation Venetic: Kingpin drugs trafficker who left no trace jailed for 19 years and 6 months
A highly sophisticated drugs trafficker has been jailed for 19 years and six months in a National Crime Agency investigation.
01 May 2024
Gold and art worth millions and linked to crime is forfeited
Gold bullion and artwork worth millions of pounds has been taken out of criminal hands as a result of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
29 April 2024
Former BBC employee found with almost 60,000 indecent images of children
A retired BBC sound engineer has been sentenced after a National Crime Agency investigation found him in possession of over 58,000 indecent images of children.
29 April 2024
NCA issues urgent warning about ‘sextortion’
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to hundreds of thousands of education professionals following a considerable increase in global cases of financially motivated sexual extortion – a type of online blackmail widely known as ‘sextortion’.
29 April 2024
Illegal firearms buyer is jailed
Illegal and potentially lethal firearms have been taken out of circulation and their owner jailed, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
26 April 2024
Cash couriers who smuggled millions in suitcases are sentenced
Six more members of a money laundering network which smuggled more than £100 million out of the UK to the UAE have been sentenced following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.
26 April 2024
Four arrested in UK in joint NCA-French operation targeting alleged Vietnamese Facebook people smugglers
Four Vietnamese nationals have been arrested by the National Crime Agency in Deptford, Croydon and Leicester as part of a major joint UK-French investigation into alleged small boats people smugglers advertising crossings on Facebook.
26 April 2024
Dutch national faces decade behind bars for cocaine smuggle attempt
A 41-year-old man who was caught with a car boot full of cocaine at an Essex port has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years following a National Crime Agency investigation.
24 April 2024
Arrests made over deadly Channel crossing (UPDATED)
UPDATE -Two charged over Channel crossing which led to deaths
24 April 2024
Albanian people smuggler jailed over small boats crossings
An Albanian man who organised small boats crossings for migrants, including children as young as five, has been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation.
23 April 2024
European police chiefs call for end-to-end encryption roll out to include public protection measures
The Director General of the National Crime Agency and European Police Chiefs are calling for industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public safety across technology platforms.
21 April 2024
Pair jailed for attempt to smuggle migrants out of the UK
Two men who attempted to smuggle migrants from the UK to France in the back of a lorry have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
18 April 2024
Operation Venetic: Senior leader of Merseyside gang that shipped class A drugs between England and Scotland is convicted
A high-ranking member of an organised crime group (OCG) that trafficked heroin and cocaine has been convicted following his extradition by the National Crime Agency.
17 April 2024
Four arrested on suspicion of smuggling money from UK to Albania
Four alleged members of an organised crime group that specialises in smuggling criminal cash out of the country and into Albania have been arrested in a National Crime Agency investigation.
15 April 2024
Plumber who converted blank firing guns into lethal weapons jailed for seven years
A plumber who converted blank firing guns into lethal weapons has been jailed for seven years and two months following a National Crime Agency investigation.
12 April 2024
UK arrest in €645 million international investment scam
The National Crime Agency has arrested a senior staff member of a scam company, joining law enforcement across the continent to crack down on “JuicyFields” – a notorious and elaborate Ponzi scheme.
12 April 2024
Operation Venetic: Drug supplier who boasted about space for 10 cars jailed for 20 years
A drug supplier who tried to hide his criminal activity by using the Encrochat encrypted messaging service has been jailed for 20 years after the National Crime Agency uncovered his true identity.
11 April 2024
Merseyside crime family planned to supply over 360kg of cocaine
A family and their criminal associates have been jailed for trading millions of pounds worth of class A drugs, including heroin, cannabis and hundreds of kilos of cocaine.
05 April 2024
Corrupt border officer aided organised crime group
A corrupt border officer who was arrested by the National Crime Agency has been convicted of misconduct in a public office for assisting a London-based crime group.
05 April 2024
£2.35m returned to charities following NCA probe
Retired Rabbi, Barry Marcus MBE, has agreed to return £2,350,000 to two charities after he was found to be holding the funds in personal accounts, having failed to distribute them over a number of years.
05 April 2024
Operation Venetic: Drugs and firearms dealer jailed for more than 12 years
A man whose drugs and firearms deals were uncovered by the National Crime Agency after an encrypted communications platform was taken down by international law enforcement has been jailed.
27 March 2024
Jailed Albanian firearms supplier was also drug dealer
A convicted firearms supplier is facing more time behind bars after phone evidence gathered following his arrest showed he had also peddled drugs.
27 March 2024
Serial drug smuggler landed with 11 year jail sentence after being caught with cocaine at Birmingham airport
A man responsible for smuggling hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK via Birmingham Airport has been jailed.
27 March 2024
Operation Henhouse: over 400 arrests and £19m seized in national campaign tackling fraud
Over 400 people have been arrested in a crackdown on fraud coordinated by the National Economic Crime Centre and City of London Police.
26 March 2024
Convicted drug smuggler given extra jail time for breaching serious crime prevention order
A convicted drug smuggler from Yorkshire has been given an additional ten months in jail for breaching the terms of a serious crime prevention order (SCPO) imposed after his conviction.
22 March 2024
