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YOU WONT BELIEVE: National crime agency - What They Never Told You

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

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

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 Guardian - UK

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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

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

Mahmood ‘laser-like focused’ on securing UK’s border

The Home Secretary was touring the National Crime Agency’s offices in Stratford, east London.

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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What we know as Farage’s £5m gift reported to National Crime Agency

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The Independent UK

Two members of criminal hacking group plead guilty to £39m TfL cyberattack

Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 18, hacked TfL’s network between August 29 2024 and September 6 2024

The Independent UK

UK imposes new sanctions on Russian shadow fleet after Indian captain arrest

Ajay Pant, 38, was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) during a joint operation with British armed forces to intercept a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel.

The Economic Times

Russian shadow fleet vessel formally detained off British coast after Royal Marine commandos seizure

Royal Marine commandos and officers from the National Crime Agency seized the tanker Smyrtos in the Channel in the first UK-led operation to capture a sanctioned vessel

The Independent UK

At least £325bn of ‘dirty money’ flows through UK each year, says report

Call for crackdown as finance linked to corruption, tax evasion and money laundering is estimated at 10% of GDP

The Guardian - UK

Lorry driver jailed for hiding cocaine in HGV carrying Kim Kardashian underwear

Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years for concealing 90kg of the drug, worth £7m, alongside a legitimate load of Skims underwear.

Evening Standard

National Crime Agency reports a sharp 55% rise in people smuggling arrests

National Crime Agency involved in 300 people smuggling-related arrests 2025/6

The Independent UK

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Who Is Simon Dutton? One of Britain's 'Most Wanted' Arrested in Spain Over Major Cocaine Plot

Simon Dutton, a fugitive linked to a major cocaine network, was arrested in Spain, marking a significant victory for UK and Spanish law enforcement.

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested after four die trying to cross Channel in small boat

Two men and two women were swept away by currents while attempting to board dinghy off French coast

International Business Times UK

From Prisoner to Puppet Master: Killer Orchestrated Jail Scheme for Drug Gangs

A convicted murderer serving life sentences orchestrated a scheme from prison to help drug traffickers escape justice, exposing vulnerabilities in the UK legal system.

International Business Times UK

Mother Caught With 14kg Cocaine at Airport, Son Found to Be 'Mastermind'

Mother caught with 14kg of cocaine at Manchester Airport jailed alongside her son, who investigators say masterminded the £294,000 drug smuggling plot.

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Evening Standard

Taxi drivers smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from UK to France

‘Top boss’ Madjid Belabes, 54, made nearly £290,000 running cross-Channel migrant gang

Evening Standard

People smugglers who ran 'VIP yacht service' for migrants to cross channel jailed

Two Ukrainian men who operated the 'VIP' yacht service to smuggle migrants across the English Channel have been jailed

Evening Standard

Police probe into Epstein files now involves eight UK forces as National Crime Agency gets involved

The National Crime Agency is supporting a UK-wide group including the Metropolitan, Surrey, Thames Valley, Bedfordshire, Wiltshire, Essex and Norfolk constabularies

The Independent UK

Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects in UK every month as online child abuse reaches critical level

National Crime Agency says the ‘threat is getting worse’

The Independent UK

Early review finds mistakes in grooming gang investigations

Thousands of cases are set to be assessed as part of Operation Beaconport

Evening Standard

Two charged after semi-automatic pistol, drugs and £30,000 found in affluent village outside London

Armed National Crime Agency officers intercept VW Golf in ‘fast-paced operation’

TechRadar

UK policing watchdog finds National Crime Agency heavily reliant on weak legacy systems

An independent audit reveals unfit for purpose tech in the NCA.

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