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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

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

The Independent UK

The invisible man: Bryan died in an accident in 2015. Why did it take 10 years to identify him?

They knew where he lived, his occupation, even his name, but when a local man died on a London street in 2015, no one could formally identify him

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Social media firms profiting from surge in sextortion cases, experts warn

Exclusive: Companies ‘playing a role in the sexual exploitation and abuse that occurs on their services’, UK-based experts warn

The Independent UK

Airport security uncover £1m drug stash inside electric wheelchair

The National Crime Agency says the concealment ‘shows the ingenuity crime groups employ to smuggle cocaine’

The Independent UK

What are Com networks and what threat do they pose?

The National Crime Agency has warned of the threats posed by online networks of teenage boys involved in disturbing crimes.

Evening Standard

‘Sadistic gangs of boys share extreme material online that normalises violence’

The loosely connected ‘com networks’ are also involved in crimes as wide-ranging as child abuse and fraud.

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British teenage boys being targeted by Nigerian ‘sextortion’ gangs

The National Crime Agency has launched a campaign to educate teenagers on how sextortion works and how to report incidents.

Evening Standard

Michelle Mone quickly deletes statement accusing National Crime Agency of 'vendetta'

Michelle Mone has accused the National Crime Agency of "smearing [her] as a criminal" ...

The National (Scotland)

Six men convicted after trafficked migrants forced to work on cannabis farms

The National Crime Agency said illegal sites were run in the Midlands, London and the north of England

Evening Standard

Met Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens to retire

The 56-year-old was brought in to help clean up the London force at arguably one of the most troubled times in its history.

The Independent UK

London drug dealer jailed after being caught in car with 20k in cash and 1.5kg of cocaine

Gleni Goleci, 27, was arrested after being found with £350,000-worth of cocaine and £80,000 cash

Evening Standard

AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns

The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.

Evening Standard

More than 8,000 social media accounts linked to people smuggling taken down

The accounts featured posts including the false promotion of small boat crossings of the Channel as being via speedboat.

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Pair jailed for attempting to import handgun in post from US

The self-loading pistol was intercepted and seized by Border Force officers at Stansted Airport in July

The National (Scotland)

How to watch the new documentary on Michelle Mone and PPE Medpro 'scandal'

A NEW documentary looking at how Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman enriched themselves using Government contracts during the Covid…

Evening Standard

Three men arrested in Iraq over alleged UK people smuggling links

They have alleged links to the same network as Amanj Hasan Zada, who was jailed for 17 years, the National Crime Agency said.

The Independent UK

Moment people smugglers who transported sexually abused migrants arrested

Three men were arrested in the UK before they were convicted in Belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring following a joint investigation by the National Crime Agency and Belgian police.

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The Independent UK

Two men who smuggled half a tonne of cocaine into UK jailed

Men caught after being spotted shining torch out to sea while smuggling 524kg of cocaine on an inflatable boat

Evening Standard

Two men jailed over £42m cocaine smuggling bid

Some 524kg of cocaine were found in a hire van outside a hotel in Lelley, East Yorkshire, the National Crime Agency said.

Evening Standard

Former London MP Margaret Hodge made anti-corruption champion to target 'dirty money' in Britain and overseas

Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the appointment on a visit to the National Crime Agency

Evening Standard

Suspects arrested in international operation targeting people-smuggling gang

The operation targeted an Iraqi organised crime group suspected of smuggling people across the Channel to the UK, the National Crime Agency said.

Evening Standard

'Cash for Crypto' gangs operating out of Russia smashed in global law enforcement crackdown

Ekaterina Zhdanova, dubbed the ‘Cash for Crypto Queen’, among targets of ‘most significant money laundering operation the NCA has ever undertaken’

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves appoints Covid corruption commissioner

Exclusive: Tom Hayhoe will examine an estimated £7.6bn of Covid-related fraud

Evening Standard

One of FBI's most wanted fugitives arrested in North Wales after 20 years on the run

Daniel Andreas San Diego was detained in the Conwy area on Monday

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