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Organised crime 'chronic and corrosive' to the UK - National Crime Agency 12 May 2019 Image copyright NCA The threat of organised crime is "chronic and corrosive" to the UK and more money is needed to tackle it, according to the National Crime Agency. H…

Around £6m worth of assets including an award winning luxury hotel and a £100,000 Bentley were recovered. 12 May 2019 Around £6m worth of assets including an award winning luxury hotel and a £100,000 Bentley have been taken off alleged members of an international money laundering group after a National Crime Agency investigation. The haul was recovered from three defendants, including a practising barrister who agreed to hand over assets rather than face a 15 day trial, and associated companies. The orders are the culmination of a complex eight-year civil recovery investigation into businessman Jonathan Nuttall, 46, of Romsey, Hampshire. As part of the investigatio…

Holyhead crossbow shooting victim dies in hospital 11 May 2019 Image copyright Family photo Image caption Gerald Corrigan was struck outside his home …

40-year Dutch man charged with drug offences after cocaine seizure. 11 May 2019 A 40-year Dutch man has appeared at Grimsby Magistrates Court this morning (Saturday 11 May) charged with drug offences after 35 kilos of cocaine were found hidden in a lorry he was driving. Hendrik van der Genugten was stopped by Border Force officers on Thursday 9 May as he arrived at Humberside Sea Terminal, having travelled from the Hook of Holland. A search of the lorry revealed a concealment in the rear doors and officers found 35 kilo blocks of the class A drug. If cut and sold in the UK the drugs would likely have had a potential street value of approximately £3 million. Van der …

Paedophile hunters are completely destroying the lives of families just to gain 'likes' on Facebook, a top police officer has claimed. https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/paedophile-hunters-destroy-families-facebook-2854349

Emergency services radio system '£3.1bn over budget' 10 May 2019 Image copyright SPL/EPA/LAS A replacement for how Britain's emergency services communicate is set to go over budget by at least £3.1bn, a spending watchdog has warned. The Home Office has …

Cop killer Dale Cregan ‘given phone in prison’ after human rights demand The one-eyed drug lord, who used a phone to lure two police officers to their deaths, landed the perk at Manchester’s Strangeways jail. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/776724/dale-cregan-phone-jail-prison-strangeways-fiona-bone-nicola-hughes

The Met Police has published footage of officers knocking suspected criminals off scooters, at the same time as the watchdog is investigating some crashes.

NCA officers obtain orders on nine properties in Northern Ireland 8 May 2019 Officers from the National Crime Agency working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) have obtained a Property Freezing Order over nine residential properties in County Down and County Antrim under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The properties have a combined estimated value of around £2 million. The National Crime Agency, Police Service of Northern Ireland and HM Revenue & Customs established the PCTF to tackle criminality linked to paramilitarism as part of the Executive's action plan on Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality, and Organised Crime. NCA Branch Comman…

Guns being made from scratch at factory discovered by NCA 8 May 2019 Two men have been jailed for a combined 29-and-a-half years for conspiring to sell handguns made at an illegal gun factory in East Sussex. The factory in Diplocks Way, Hailsham, was uncovered in August 2018 after an operation led by officers from the National Crime Agency. It is believed to be the first time a criminal gun factory of this nature has been found by UK law enforcement. Three firearms were found on the day of the raid, including two made at the factory, but around 120 weapons were in the process of being manufactured at the site at the time. Since then a further six guns made at…

Two men arrested in Sheffield on suspicion of drugs and firearms offences Officers from the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, South Yorkshire Police and the National Crime Agency (NCA) have today (Wednesday 8 May) arrested two men in Sheffield on suspicion of drugs and firearms offences. The early morning raids led by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, came after six firearms including a sub-machine gun, ammunition and suspected class A drugs were seized on 6 April. The arrest operation happened in the Totley and Woodseats areas. The weapons, ammunition and suspected drugs were seized from an address on Abbeydale Road in the…

Thirty-eight men and two women are being investigated by the National Crime Agency in connection with serious child sexual abuse and exploitation offences in Rotherham. 08 May 2019 As part of the latest investigation, which falls under Operation Stovewood, the individuals aged between 29 and 53, from Sheffield, Rotherham, Leeds, Dewsbury and Maidstone (Kent), have been arrested or interviewed by appointment over the last two months. The offences relate to 13 victims who came forward alleging abuse between 1997 and 2015 when they were aged between 11 and 26. All have been released under investigation or bailed while enquiries continue. Carl Vessey-Baitson from the N…