Ageing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s multibillion-pound cocaine habit Sewage samples and crime statistics paint a picture of established users taking more cocaine, more often The Guardian - UK · Oct 25
‘Lord of Fraud’ caught with hundreds of indecent images of children Hugh Rodley was earlier jailed for trying to steal £229 million from a Japanese bank The Independent UK · Oct 22
Covid PPE Fraud Sentencing: UK jails Jogesh Bhandari over glove scam; hospitals lost vital supplies Jogesh Bhandari was handed a sentence for deceiving companies with false promises of supplying personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. His conning tactics included misappropriating payments meant for PPE to fund a luxurious lifestyle. In a related verdict, his wife, Meenakshi Bhandari, received a suspended sentence alongside community service… The Times of India · Oct 20
Brit mum jailed for Thai cannabis smuggle after posting on Facebook about 'cut grass' Comes amid huge increase in people being caught smuggling drugs into the UK The Independent UK · Oct 16
US lauds tech giants' role in cracking West African scam centers The US Justice Department on Tuesday praised Meta and other tech giants for their support in dismantling online scams in West Africa. The Justice Department provided more details on Tuesday, saying it was coordinated with the UK's National Crime Agency and describing it as the first of its kind in… The Economic Times · Oct 14
Dozens of alleged romance scammers who targeted UK victims arrested in Ghana and Nigeria Running between 6 and 9 October, the targeted operation zeroed in on a number of sites in West Africa The Independent UK · Oct 13
£13.8m Cannabis Plot Unravels After Apple AirTags in Suitcases Lead Border Force to Smuggling Gang AirTag data helped the NCA connect luggage used by a smuggling gang after Border Force seized 460kg of cannabis from couriers arriving at Birmingham Airport. International Business Times UK · Sep 23
Footage captures teenager steering dinghy carrying 165 people across Channel Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, was jailed for two years and three months’ at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday for endangering others. Evening Standard · Sep 18
Teenager who piloted overcrowded dinghy with 165 people on board jailed This was a record high number of passengers on a boat for a Channel crossing when the craft made the journey on July 23. Evening Standard · Sep 18
Small boat crossings have dropped this year. Here are the key reasons why The National Crime Agency (NCA), which deals with organised immigration crime, carried out its own analysis of small boat crossings The Independent UK · Sep 14
Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’ Labour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs The Guardian - UK · Aug 12
Police leaders heap pressure on PM to prevent early release of Pc Harper killers The letter from police leaders included the signatures of Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley and National Crime Agency Director General Graeme Biggar Evening Standard · Aug 11
Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
Tonnes of cocaine worth more than £200m found inside banana boxes at British port Nine men were arrested and later released on bail The Independent UK · Aug 11
Evening Standard · Aug 8 Farage and Tice sue NCA over alleged leaks of financial information The Reform leader and deputy leader accused the National Crime Agency (NCA) of leaking confidential financial details
International Business Times UK · Aug 6 UK's Most Wanted Fugitive Gave Police a Fake Name Before Tattoos Gave Him Away Scottish fugitive John Rocks, wanted for alleged sexual offences, was arrested in Madrid after a two-year investigation by British and Spanish authorities. Extradition proceedings to the UK are underway.
The Independent UK · Aug 5 Scottish fugitive on UK’s most wanted list arrested in Spain John Rocks was wanted by police in Scotland over alleged sexual offences committed between 2012 and 2022
The Guardian - UK · Aug 2 Burnham to be ‘relentless’ on small boat crossings after Ceuta crisis Prime minister says UK needs to ‘bring back that control’ and safe routes for refugees are necessary to tackle trafficking
The Independent UK · Aug 2 Burnham vows ‘relentless’ fight to halt small boat crossings PM says he is not ‘complacent’ as he announced a boost to the number of officers deployed to tackle smuggling gangs
The Independent UK · Aug 2 Burnham pledges to be ‘relentless’ in tackling small boat crossings The Prime Minister highlighted that crossings are down significantly compared to the numbers for this time last year.
The Independent UK · Aug 2 Mahmood ‘laser-like focused’ on securing UK’s border The Home Secretary was touring the National Crime Agency’s offices in Stratford, east London.
Evening Standard · Aug 2 Burnham touts boost to officers tackling small boat smuggling gangs Since the start of 2025, the number of National Crime Agency officers tackling organised immigration crime has more than doubled.
The Independent UK · Jul 29 Teachers’ names and phone numbers leaked on dark web after Department for Education hacked Around 607,000 records were reportedly stolen in the attack, including full names, job titles and email addresses
Evening Standard · Jul 16 Who are the young cybercriminals behind the £39million TfL hack? How two teenage hackers brought Transport for London to its knees
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10 Man charged with Bedfordshire murder of his wife and daughters after arrest in South Africa Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma was arrested in a Johannesburg suburb after an international manhunt