Gang charged £1,300 to smuggle refugees into the UK from France in tiny boats The men were sentenced to a combined total of 16 years in prison, with the head of the group handed a five-year jail term The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023
Nadhim Zahawi: Timeline of how tax affairs saw the Conservative Party chairman sacked In a letter to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code’ The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2023
Labour calls for 'urgent action' on gangs kidnapping asylum-seeking children from hotels There are 76 vulnerable children who went missing from accommodation in Brighton and Hove and still have not been found - Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper demanded the Home Office 'immediately end the contract with this hotel' Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023
Head of people-smuggling ring who fled UK to avoid prison is arrested Records found on the gang leader’s phone suggest he was involved in smuggling at least 1,900 migrants over a 50-day period The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2023
‘Gun nut’ who manufactured his own firearms in Havering home is jailed Raymond Frederick Nugent, 73, cut cardboard templates before pressing metal to create the weapons, and even designed his own firing mechanisms Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2023
Fugitive head of Kurdish people smuggling ring arrested at Manchester Airport 'I'm delighted that he will now face justice for the offences he committed' Manchester Evening News · Jan 21, 2023
Top Tory minister to pay millions to HMRC to settle tax dispute NADHIM Zahawi, the former chancellor and Tory leadership contender, has agreed to pay millions of pounds to settle a tax dispute with the HMRC. The National (Scotland) · Jan 15, 2023
Drug smugglers from London and Kent convicted after sending £3.5m of crystal meth to Australia Group ‘exploited’ Croydon woman’s knowledge of cargo industry to send crystal meth to New South Wales Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2023
Royal Mail tells customers not to post overseas due to 'severe disruption' to export services Cyber incident blamed as people warned not to post letters and parcels abroad, with those already sent liable for delay and disruption Wales Online · Jan 11, 2023
Royal Mail overseas post badly disrupted after cyber incident Company asks customers not to send international parcels and letters as it informs security authorities The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2023
Drugs gang who pushed kilos of coke and cannabis into Scotland exposed by ledgers and burner phones The gang used a network of drug runners to supply dealers across the UK. Daily Record · Jan 9, 2023
Notebooks and burner phones exposed extent of national crime ring trading kilos of cocaine Jamie Walsh kept ledgers showing thousands owed to him by his customers and thousands that he owed out to his suppliers Liverpool Echo · Jan 9, 2023
Kingpin smuggled kilos of cocaine and cannabis around the UK under cover of dog-breeding ring NCA investigators attributed 14 pay as you go mobile phones as well as an EncroChat device to Jamie Walsh Liverpool Echo · Jan 6, 2023
Evil paedophile recorded himself raping young children before sharing photos and videos online Martyn Armstrong was identified after specialist National Crime Agency investigators reversed distortion filters he used to disguise his face in the images. The abuse began 17 years ago in June 2005 and continued to February 2011 Wales Online · Jan 4, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023 ‘Evil’ child rapist jailed for life after being unmasked by new technology Martyn Armstrong, 50, was sentenced to life in prison at Cardiff Crown Court.
The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022 Dutch van driver caught smuggling 200kg of cocaine and heroin with street value of £12 million is jailed Abraham Schrier, 61, stashed the class A drugs by hiding them in the side of a vehicle heading through the Channel tunnel
Liverpool Echo · Dec 25, 2022 UK's most wanted list after Liverpool fugitive arrested in Marbella This is the National Crime Agency's list of the most wanted fugitives
Liverpool Echo · Dec 16, 2022 EncroChat kingpins who ran drugs lab trafficked lorry loads of heroin and speed Terence Earle ran a criminal network running heroin, cocaine and amphetamines between Merseyside and Scotland
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022 Police investigate deaths of four people in Channel Kent Police said it was looking into the circumstances surrounding the incident on Wednesday with the National Crime Agency.
Belfast Live · Dec 15, 2022 Ballymoney men sentenced over bid to smuggle gun from US National Crime Agency operation swung into operation after pistol intercepted
Liverpool Echo · Dec 15, 2022 WhatsApp scam fraudster arrested after car crash in Marbella Phillip Lam was on the run for nearly two years after stealing credit card details to book flights and hotels
The National (Scotland) · Dec 11, 2022 Calls for investigation into Aberdeen office complex linked to Michelle Mone A LUXURY office complex in Aberdeen run by Michelle Mone has links to the same network of companies involved in the PPE scandal, it has been…
Daily Mirror · Dec 10, 2022 Children dumped in layby by smuggling gang as ringleader goes on the run National Crime Agency (NCA) said Tarik Namik "headed up" the "large-scale" operation bringing Kurdish migrants into the UK hidden in the back of lorries
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Dramatic moment gang arrested at gunpoint during National Crime Agency weapons raid Five men have now been jailed for combined 32 years after the raid in Kings Norton, Birmingham
Nottingham Post · Dec 9, 2022 Nottingham gang member involved in 'sophisticated' people smuggling ring Hardi Alizada has been jailed for one year and four months