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An Iranian national who ran a financial services company designed to circumvent financial sanctions on Iran, has been sentenced in the US after being arrested and extradited from the UK. Seyed Sajjad Shahidian, 33, was the CEO of Payment24.ir, an online platform which helped Iranian nationals conduct prohibited transactions, such as the purchase of computer software and servers. NCA cyber crime investigators believe the platform had previously been utilised by international cyber criminals seeking target the UK. Shahidian was wanted by the FBI when NCA officers tracked him down in London in November 2018. He was under surveillance throughout his short sight-seeing t…

National Crime Agency officers have discovered a massive three-floor cannabis farm in a former nightclub in Coventry. They raided the property on Trinity Street on Thursday [15 October], smashing through several reinforced doors to access the grow. When they got inside they discovered around 1000 cannabis plants spread across the building’s three floors. NCA experts value the haul at over £1 million. As well as the plants officers recovered sophisticated planting, growing and irrigation equipment, valued at around £150,000 Three men were arrested. Two were detained with the assistance of West Midlands Police drone unit as they attempted to flee the building. NCA br…

National Crime Agency investigators have made a series of arrests as part of two separate investigations targeting suspected people smugglers. The first saw a man arrested in East Sussex on suspicion of supplying small boats to aid people smugglers in France. NCA officers detained the 30-year-old in Hastings, at around 9am this morning (16 October). Shortly afterwards a property on Battle Road was searched. The operation was supported by officers from Sussex Police. The NCA investigation relates to the sale and distribution of vessels sourced in the UK, and subsequently taken to France to be used in cross-Channel facilitation attempts. Officers suspect the individu…

A drugs trafficker has admitted posting dozens of packages of Class A drugs around the world, after a National Crime Agency investigation. Mubinar Rahman, 25, is believed to have posted 104 packages with MDMA in to global destinations. NCA investigators searched his home in Henry Nelson Street, South Shields, and found receipts for the parcels being sent with a combined weight of 157kg. Between 29 June and 27 July this year the NCA and Border Force intercepted 39 packages from Rahman - recovering 83kg of MDMA with a street value of £786,000. The recovered packages were destined for addresses in the UK, America, Israel, Norway, Thailand, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. …

The Wellcome Trust director, who also sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told the BBC's Newscast podcast that countries that had controlled the virus well so far - including South Korea and New Zealand - had a "national consensus about the way forward". View the full article

Six men have been arrested by the NCA as part of an international investigation into the so-called QQAAZZ group, a money laundering network which laundered millions on behalf of the world’s most prolific cyber criminals. The operation, which was coordinated by Europol and involved 16 countries, saw a further 14 individuals arrested across Europe, the US and Australia. Criminal indictments unsealed in the US allege the QQAAZZ network is responsible for laundering tens of millions stolen by international cyber criminals since 2016. The crime group is believed to have laundered the money through numerous corporate and personal bank accounts, which they had opened with f…