UK should consider banning cryptocurrency political donations, minister says Pat McFadden reacts over concerns foreign powers could use untraceable money to affect British democracy The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025
Four people arrested after cyber-attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the individuals were arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of blackmail, money laundering and other offences. Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025
Four people arrested after cyber attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the individuals were arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of blackmail, money laundering and other offences. The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025
Nine people smugglers jailed in France over fatal Channel small boat crossing A boat got into trouble off the Kent coast while carrying 47 people on December 14 2022. Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025
Four arrested after dawn raids targeting suspected people smugglers The group are accused of advertising illegal lorry crossings from France on social media and moving migrants from HGV stops in Kent to London. The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025
Inside London raids targeting ‘people smuggling gang' as four arrested Met Police, Home Office and NCA storm homes and cafes believed to be used by smuggling gang who advertised illegal crossings to the UK on social media Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025
Malaga shooting suspect fled ‘three countries in 15 hours’ and used disguises, police say A man aged 44 was arrested in Liverpool on June 13, according to the National Crime Agency, which supported the arrest alongside Merseyside Police. The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025
Spanish police say Malaga shooting suspect ‘fled three countries in 15 hours’ A man aged 44 was arrested in Liverpool on June 13, according to the National Crime Agency, which supported the arrest alongside Merseyside Police. Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025
Government U-turns on grooming inquiry: Which MPs have backtracked? The government has requested a nationwide inquiry into grooming from the National Crime Agency Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025
Nationwide grooming gangs police operation announced A nationwide police operation to track down grooming gang members has been announced by the Home Office. The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2025
Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary says The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025
Man arrested over shooting murder of two Scots outside Spanish bar Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr died after a gunman opened fire outside Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola earlier this month The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025
Man arrested over murder of two Scots outside Spanish bar Eddie Lyons Jr and Ross Monaghan died after a gunman opened fire outside Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola earlier this month. Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2025
Woman jailed in Scotland for sharing 'monkey torture' videos online A WOMAN has been sentenced in connection with possessing and distributing material online related to the torture of monkeys in the first case of its… The National (Scotland) · Jun 10, 2025
Evening Standard · May 22, 2025 East London 'master forgers' who made £1 million supplying fake IDs to criminals jailed for six years Bilal Iqbal and Ummad Ahmed sold more than 40,000 fake documents over an eight-year period
Evening Standard · May 19, 2025 Legal aid cyber attack: Lawyers slam government agency for 'inadequate' response to hack The online Legal Aid Agency portal has been disabled after the cyber attack
Evening Standard · May 15, 2025 Chances to investigate criminal smuggling gangs missed, says watchdog A task force to tackle people-smuggling gangs operating in the UK has been set up in response to the report.
Evening Standard · May 9, 2025 Men charged in 'plot to smuggle laundered cash out of UK in washing powder boxes' The National Crime Agency says millions of pounds was being smuggled out of the UK
The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025 Co-op apologises after hackers extract ‘significant’ amount of customer data The National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency are assisting with an inquiry, the group said
Evening Standard · May 1, 2025 Former civil servant, 25, denies lying about being GCHQ intelligence analyst Ifthikhar Alam is also charged with fraud over allegedly lying about being the Cabinet Office’s ‘Head of Western Balkans’.
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 M&S cyber attack: How long will disruption last and what will happen to my orders? The Metropolitan Police has worked with M&S to investigate the cyber attack
The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025 Met Police called in to probe Marks & Spencer cyber attack M&S also working with experts from the National Crime Agency as cyber attack leaves shelves empty and disrupts payment systems
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025 Duo tried to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into UK using watermelons Their elaborate plan was rumbled when Border Force officers found an “anomaly” with the HGV
Evening Standard · Apr 25, 2025 Pair jailed over bid to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into UK in crates of watermelons Scott McSeveney and Steven Lawson, both from Shotts, were both sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.
Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2025 Supermarket worker caught trying to smuggle £1m cash in suitcases out of Heathrow Airport Mazen Al Shaar, 48, was about to fly to Beirut when intercepted by Border Force officers