Tag: National Crime Agency

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  Mayor coup by British police after cracking criminal world encryption EncroChat

  

  British police said on Thursday they had carried out their biggest operation ever, arresting “iconic” figures and smashing thousands of conspiracies including murder plots after infiltrating a communications service used by criminals.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 15:25 UTC

  UK and US raid “dark web” of child pornography: 337 arrests in 38 countries

  

  UK and US authorities investigating a “dark web” child pornography site run from South Korea on Wednesday announced the arrest of 337 suspects in 38 countries. Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said the “Welcome to Video” site contained 250,000 videos that were downloaded a million times by users across the world.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Illegal migrants: UK redeploys patrol vessels from Mediterranean to the Channel

  

  An Iranian national and a British man have been arrested on suspicion of arranging the “illegal movement of migrants” across the English Channel. The National Crime Agency said the 33-year-old Iranian and 24-year-old Briton were held in Manchester. It comes after the government redeployed patrol vessels from the Mediterranean amid concerns over a rising number of crossings.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Backers of Brexit funding campaign investigated for “suspected criminal offences”

  

  Brexit backer Arron Banks is being investigated by the UK’s serious crime agency for “suspected criminal offences” over £8 million of campaign funding during the Brexit referendum.