All news on the topic: Organised Crime

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Criminal gangs ’smuggle drugs through jail’s broken windows’
Organized crime gangs are operating "with impunity" at a high-security jail by using drones to import drugs through broken and insecure windows, the watchdog has revealed.
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Raids smash £40m people-smuggling gang that trafficked 1,000 Vietnamese migrants into Britain
This is the moment cops raided the home of a woman linked to a £40million trafficking ring that smuggled 1,000 Vietnamese migrants into Britain.
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Indonesia apprehends a Scottish man wanted by Spain in relation to an international crime syndicate
Police in Scotland and Spain conducted raids related to Lyons’ case last week, resulting in multiple arrests with the assistance of Europol, the European Union law enforcement cooperation hub.
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Taganskaya OCG member Nikolai Fedorov, linked to the murder of Rospishcheprom owner Zhuravlyov, was released from pretrial detention under a plea deal and moved to the United States
Nikolay Fedorov, a member of the notorious Taganskaya organised crime group implicated in the murder of Rospshcheprom owner Valeriy Zhuravlev, was once arrested in Russia but later released and relocated to the United States, according to investigative sources.
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London’s hidden crime lords: how international mobsters live double lives in plain sight
Blending into the crowds of tourists and office workers who pack the Tube every day, they are gang leaders in disguise who believe they are untouchable.
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Zhi Dong Zhang on trial in Brooklyn after tunnel breakout in Mexico and circuitous flight to Cuba and Russia
Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped through a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly to Russia, but now he finds himself on trial in a Brooklyn courtroom.
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510kg of drugs worth £13.8 million seized at Birmingham Airport
Eleven people have been charged in connection with attempting to smuggle more than half a tonne of cannabis worth around £13.8 million into the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
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Waste crime linked to money laundering, drug trafficking, and modern slavery
Sophisticated criminal networks are dumping millions of tonnes of waste in the British countryside every year, costing the UK an estimated £1 billion annually, according to a House of Lords inquiry.
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Police arrest 24 people and seize drugs, cash and weapons in North Tyneside crackdown
A major police operation in North Tyneside has led to 24 arrests and the seizure of Class A and B drugs, cash, and weapons.
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UK police seize £5 billion in Bitcoin as Chinese woman admits to global crypto fraud
A significant financial crime case has recently made headlines after a Chinese woman involved in an international fraud scheme confessed to possessing illegally obtained cryptocurrency valued in the billions.
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Organised crime 2.0: global cartels undermine Britain’s security
According to new research, an alliance in the style of espionage is needed to dismantle organized crime groups that have become so advanced they now pose a threat to Britain’s national security.
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Gang behind largest cocaine line in the City of London jailed for nearly 25 years
A gang who ran a drugs line that sold cocaine to 10,000 people in the City of London have been jailed for a combined total of nearly 25 years.
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Thomas Hooton, son of The Farm frontman, jailed for large-scale cocaine and heroin supply
The son of the renowned lead singer was involved in multimillion-pound drug deals and was sentenced to ten years and eight months for the distribution of cocaine, ketamine, cannabis, and heroin.
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“Gangster granny” gets 20 years for running a family drug cartel in the UK
A drug dealing ‘gangster granny’ has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars after leading her family in a lucrative cocaine dealing operation.
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Thousands of UK companies removed from register in crackdown on corporate abuse
Over the past year, thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register as part of a crackdown on corporate entities suspected of facilitating criminal activities in the UK and abroad.
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Teenagers and the hacker mafia: Group arrested in UK over cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
Four arrested on suspicion of breaching Computer Misuse Act, blackmail, money laundering and joining activities of organised crime
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Tajik national arrested at Dover port attempting to smuggle 170 kg of ketamine and weapons arsenal into the UK
A national of Tajikistan was apprehended at Dover port while attempting to smuggle £4.5 million worth of ketamine into the UK.
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HMRC lost £47 million in massive phishing attack — over 100,000 accounts compromised
Organised criminals stole 47 million pounds ($63.76 million) from Britain’s tax office last year by using phishing tactics to access more than 100,000 customer accounts and falsely claim payments from the government.
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Far-right plot uncovered in Brazil: planned assassinations of judges and politicians
Brazilian police have arrested five individuals accused of being part of a far-right criminal group that planned to spy on and potentially assassinate government and judicial officials.
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Cash smuggler: £1M in suitcases lands ordinary Briton in the dock
A man who was stopped at Heathrow Airport with £1m in two suitcases has admitted money laundering following a National Crime Agency investigation.
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Police target barber shops and mini-marts suspected of laundering gang money
Police officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market town of Shrewsbury.
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Attackers break into man’s home and cover him with acid in ’terrifying’ attack
Police initiate an international manhunt for two suspects following an attack in Plymouth.
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Fugitive French prisoner ’the Fly’, who orchestrated a deadly escape and triggered an international manhunt, has been arrested in Romania
The French gangster known as ’the Fly’ has been arrested in Romania following his deadly prison escape nine months ago, according to police.
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Was the Hackney shooting of a nine-year-old girl connected to a Europe-wide gang rivalry?
Fatal clashes between Turkish criminals in the heroin trade are spreading in Europe, an Observer investigation reveals
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Andrew Tate blocked from visiting sick mother amid rape and trafficking charges
Former kickboxer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are currently banned from leaving Romania but had requested to return to the UK where their ill mother lives