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Fisherman who attempted to smuggle 17 migrants into the UK on a yacht is convicted

An Albanian fisherman who skippered a yacht from France to the UK with 17 migrants on board has been convicted.
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Organised crime group sentenced for cocaine stash after PCTF investigation

Six men who were supplying cocaine in Northern Ireland have been sentenced after a National Crime Agency (NCA) and ...
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25 months in jail for woman who smuggled Thai cannabis

A 45-year-old woman has been jailed for 25 months after admitting smuggling 51.2kg of cannabis from Thailand on a ...
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More couriers sentenced over £13.8 million cannabis importation attempt

Five members of a drugs smuggling gang who were part of a plot to import cannabis worth £13.8 million into the UK via ...
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Gang used truck to smuggle Afghan migrants through Channel Tunnel

An Essex-based gang fronted by a career criminal have been found guilty of smuggling Afghan migrants into the UK using a truck, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency. Mark Youell, 69 ...
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Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report 2022

The NCA has today (24 January) published the 2022 Suspicious Activity Report (SARs) Annual Report, which features statistics covering the years 2020-21 and 2021-22. The latest report shows:- Another ...
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NCA targets crime group suspected of operating slave labour cannabis farms

Officers from the National Crime Agency have carried out a series of raids across London as part of an investigation into an organised crime group suspected of using victims of modern slavery to ...
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HGV people smuggling network dismantled by NCA as final members convicted

Five men who were part of a gang who circumvented border checks by hiding people in lorries to transport them to France have been found guilty of people smuggling, following an investigation by the ...
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Operation Liberterra III: Seven arrested during international crackdown on people smuggling

Seven suspects have been arrested in the United Kingdom as the National Crime Agency collaborated with police and international partners on INTERPOL's largest-ever operation targeting people smuggling ...
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Boats bound for Channel people smugglers seized at Bulgarian border

Twenty-five inflatable boats which were being shipped to people smuggling gangs operating in the English Channel have been intercepted in Bulgaria. Bulgarian customs officers, who work closely with ...
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It starts with a free holiday and ends in a Thai jail cell - NCA launches campaign warning against cannabis smuggling

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched a new social media campaign warning young people that smuggling cannabis from Thailand to the UK could land them in a foreign jail. The number of people ...
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Five jailed over nearly half a tonne of cocaine in at-sea smuggling attempt

Five drug smugglers who were arrested as they moved nearly half a tonne of cocaine into Eastbourne Marina, have been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation. The offenders were being ...