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Return to News The National Crime Agency is appealing for information about the whereabouts of a convicted drug smuggler who has gone on the run after absconding from prison. Daniel Dobbs was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison in January 2014 after he was convicted of trafficking heroin and amphetamines following an investigation by NCA officers. On 2 November 2018 Dobbs, also known as “Dobbo” to his friends, was found to be missing from his cell at HMP Hatfield Lakes, a category D open prison in South Yorkshire. The 30-year-old’s last known address is in Malton, North Yorkshire, though he is also known to have links to Doncaster in South Yorkshire, …

Return to News The number of potential victims of trafficking and modern slavery reported to the authorities has risen by more than 80 per cent in two years, according to figures released by the National Crime Agency today. The National Referral Mechanism pdf end of year summary (648 KB) shows that in 2018 6993 potential victims were referred into the system, up from 5142 in 2017, and 3804 in 2016. Potential victims from 130 different countries were identified, and for the second consecutive year British citizens made up the largest nationality (1,625), with Albanians (947) and Vietnamese (702) second and third. The number of British citi…

Return to News 19 March 2019 An ex high school associate head teacher has admitted collecting more than 2,000 sexual abuse images of children and possessing class A drugs. In October 2017 Paul Newbury, 50, was in an online video conferencing room where the live sex abuse of a 10-year-old girl was shown. She was identified and safeguarded by authorities in the United States. Newbury was using the username ‘north London’ which National Crime Agency investigators proved resolved to his home in Wood Green, London. In February 2018 NCA officers arrested Newbury – who at the time was working at Acland Burghley School, Camden, London – and found drugs at his home…

Return to News A woman believed to have helped Albanian organised crime groups obtain around 500 UK passports has been arrested by the National Crime Agency. The 37-year-old Albanian woman from Ilford was apprehended yesterday during an NCA-led multi-agency day of action, targeting a criminal network suspected of facilitating British citizenship and passports, false accounting and money laundering for criminals. Officers believe the network have provided services to criminals involved in drug trafficking, people smuggling, human trafficking, child abuse, kidnapping and serious violence. The woman, who is alleged to have built a business on a false identity a…

Knife crime: Suspects could be banned from social media By Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent 31 January 2019 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kni…

A Met Police officer who told a protester “you don’t tell me what to do in my own country" has slammed the force after being placed on restricted duties. Full Story - Evening Standard Daily Mail version For those not wanting to read the links, here is the video; So the protestors thought it was ok to verbally abuse the officer while he was doing his job, one could argue they were trying to provoke him, yet as soon as the officer says something, its we are putting a complaint in you are a disgrace. Maybe these people should look at their own obnoxious behaviour before getting on their high horse and trying to get others into trouble. …