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The Metropolitan Police believe Vruj Patel, 26, may have continued to offend until recently, when he was detained

A single iPhone track began the unravelling of an international crime ring, which police say smuggled up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China.

The criminal organisation is believed to be behind the smuggling of up to 40% of all phones stolen in London to China

The Metropolitan Police said it is the largest operation to tackle phone theft in London

Watch as pro-Palestine protesters rally in central London despite calls from the government and Metropolitan Police to reconsider staging it in the wake of the Manchester synagogue terror attack.

A BBC documentary secretly filmed officers making racist and sexist comments.

Gareth Viccars, 47, pressured three 15-year-olds into sex after meeting online via messaging app Snapchat

The remarks recorded by the BBC are shocking but Sir Mark Rowley is still right to resist calls to describe the Met as “institutionally racist”

A former Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent said she was "ashamed" that she was a police officer, as Britain's biggest police force was hit with claims of racism and misogyny after officers at a London police station were secretly filmed making racist comments and bragging about using violence.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has apologised for the “reprehensible and completely unacceptable” behaviour of some officers at Charing Cross Police station, exposed in a BBC Panorama documentary.

A BBC Panorama sting caught Met Police officers joking about rape, racism, and violence, prompting suspensions as Commissioner Rowley vowed swift action.