UK Policing News

A private police service is mounting the UK’s first private prosecutions for theft and other “minor” crimes because it claims the police have “given up” taking them to court. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/02/private-security-firm-mounts-uks-first-private-prosecutions/amp/

This month the National Crime Agency has clawed back millions of dollars from a fraud involving 700 victims. The agency’s illicit finances investigators have also retrieved hundreds of thousands of pounds in two other cases where the money is believed to be linked to crime. It has been a busy Christmas period with the trio of results coming in quick succession. In April the NCA’s Criminal Asset Denial team began helping authorities in the United States to trace money in the UK linked to an American $72million fraud involving around 700 victims. As US investigators announced charges in Florida over the fraud the Criminal Asset Denial team secured a linked UK account …

National Crime Agency officers working in the fields of child sexual abuse and missing people have been officially recognised in this year’s New Year Honours. Those honoured include Kate Richardson, who is made an OBE for a career dedicated to supporting vulnerable children in the UK and abroad; Charles Yates, NCA threat lead for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) is also made an OBE and Dr Naomi Eales, who has been made an MBE for services to law enforcement; Director General Lynne Owens spoke of her pride at seeing the trio honoured for their work at the NCA and beyond. She said: “I am absolutely delighted that the work of Kate, Charles and Naomi has been …

New Year Honours: Publication of addresses a 'complete disaster' 29 December 2019 Image copyright PA/BBC/Getty Image caption (Clockwise from top left) Elton John, Nadiya Hussain, Iain Duncan Smith…

The suspected ringleader of an organised criminal network was arrested by Dutch police on Christmas day as he sat down to dinner at a restaurant in the Hague. The suspected ringleader of an organised criminal network, thought to be behind the importation of firearms into the UK, was arrested by Dutch police on Christmas day as he sat down to dinner at a restaurant in the Hague. Daniel Burdett, 28, from Liverpool, was detained on a European Arrest Warrant after 5 years on the run. The arrest was part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a crime group thought to be using corrupt truck drivers to smuggle firearms and ammunition from the Netherlands into the UK.…

A police officer who clashed with Sports Direct staff over a basketball has been accused of bullying and abusing his position https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/police-officer-accused-abusing-position-3627018.amp

Firearms and cash seized in Castledawson, Northern Ireland 23 December 2019 Two men from Magherafelt have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency-led investigation into the attempted importation and sale of illegal firearms. The 27 and 59-year-olds were detained this morning (23 December) on suspicion of illegally possessing and importing weapons, as NCA officers executed a warrant in the Castledawson area. Investigators were working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF). A number of firearms were recovered from the property and are now being analysed. A quantity of cash was also seized. The 59…

The National Crime Agency Director General, Lynne Owens, yesterday issued a tasking to improve the response to fraud. The tasking, which is made under the Crime and Courts Act 2013, follows a discussion with Chief Constables and other partners at the National Strategic Tasking and Coordination Group (NSTCG) on the 2 December 2019. It applies to all police forces and Regional Organised Crime Units in England and Wales, Police Scotland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Serious Fraud Office, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Financial Conduct Authority. This is only the fourth tasking ever issued by the NCA. It was proposed jointly by Graeme Big…

A man has been jailed for running a network of over 400 properties used by organised crime groups involved in prostitution, cannabis farming and illegal immigration. When National Crime Agency officers raided 43-year old Feng Xu’s flat in Holliday Street, Birmingham, and a secure storage unit he also used they found a stash of 31 different false or fraudulent Chinese or Portuguese passports, along with numerous ID documents and £94,000 cash. NCA investigators found a computer database held by Xu, listing 446 different addresses which he had been involved in renting out. He would use a variety of fake identities and aliases supported by false documents such as pay s…

Six police officers accused of racial discrimination against an Asian colleague "have no case to answer", according to a watchdog's investigation. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-tees-50815885