48 h. ago Starmer accused of ‘abject failure’ as people smuggling arrests fall under Labour

National Crime Agency arrests for people smuggling went down last year, as the new Labour government promised more resources to target immigration crime.

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5 d. ago FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combinedTech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week.Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), have grown increasingly alarmed about the growing threat from sextortion and other crimes targeting teenagers. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Britain's FBI takes over probe into police officers accused of historic sex abuse of Rotherham girls

An investigation into allegations police officers took part in historical sexual abuse in Rotherham is to be taken over by the National Crime Agency (NCA) - Britain's equivalent to the FBI.

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8 d. ago Artificial intelligence rollout for police forces to investigate grooming gangs

Officers across all 43 forces in England and Wales will gain access to the investigative technology as part of a £426,000 funding boost.

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1 week ago Home Office gives extra £100million for effort to smash people

The cash will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers

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1 week ago Yvette Cooper pours extra £100m into efforts to smash people

The funding will pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers and new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on smuggling gangs

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1 week ago Ministers to spend extra £100m on stopping small boat crossings to UK

Home Office’s announcement follows growing number of protests outside asylum seeker hotelsMinisters will spend an extra £100m on measures to deter Channel crossings, including on the planned “one in, one out” returns agreement with France, the Home Office has said.In a third immigration policy pledge within 24 hours, the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the money would pay for up to 300 more National Crime Agency officers, as well as new technology and equipment to step up intelligence-gathering on people-smuggling gangs. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Plans for new offence to crack down on promoting Channel crossings online

Anyone advertising crossings or illegal working could face up to five years in prison and a large fine.

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3 w. ago Top cop on EncroChat case tells how 'busting the network might have helped stop 200 murders'

When French and Dutch experts cracked the code for the EncroChat network, Britain’s National Crime Agency launched Operation Venetic.

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4 w. ago Uni dropout lived life of luxury before dark web crimes were uncovered

Thomas White operated a site worth millions before he was caught by the National Crime Agency.

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4 w. ago University dropout lived a life of luxury, and thought he'd 'gotten away with it'

A National Crime Agency officer stole his ill-gotten gains

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4 w. ago National Crime Agency cop jailed for stealing Bitcoin from dark web drug dealer

Paul Chowles stole 50 Bitcoin which had been seized by police

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4 w. ago Detective at National Crime Agency who stole bitcoin worth £60k during probe into Silk Road is jailed

Paul Chowles, 42, secretly took the cryptocurrency from the operator of the underground Internet marketplace following his arrest, in May 2017.

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4 w. ago Former National Crime Agency officer stole bitcoin from dark web drug dealer

The former intelligence officer stole 50 Bitcoin before sending it to a cryptocurrency ‘mixing’ service

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4 w. ago Four people bailed after arrests over cyber attacks on M&S, Co

The National Crime Agency said on Wednesday all four individuals were bailed pending further inquiries.

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