All news on the topic: Organised Crime

Thousands of prison cell windows will be fitted with steel grilles to stop drones from flooding jails with drugs, weapons, and phones, the Government has announced.

A Norwegian teenager accused of traveling to the UK to carry out a "hit" was seen pretending to shoot one of the officers arresting him, in police body-worn camera footage shown in court.

Britain's land registry shows requests for freezing order on luxury properties owned by Yuan Yihua, who holds so-called “golden passports” issued in return for investments in Cyprus, Cambodia and Vanuatu.

Over £28 billion of taxpayer cash has been handed to terrorists and hostile states, according to a confidential government report.

Terrorists, hostile states and gangsters have been given more than £28bn of taxpayers' money, including through aid payments, according to a secret government report.

The illicit trade costs the Treasury an estimated £2.2 billion annually in lost tax revenueThe black market fags are sold at what are called "pocket money" prices, typically £5 to £7 for a pack of 20, compared to the average legal price of around £16.45.Unregulated products often contain much higher levels of toxins like tar and nicotine than permitted by UK standards.

Police found ?7million of cocaine stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear.

A child living in an illegal care home is being used by an organised crime gang. He may be moving drugs around the country, transporting weapons or laundering money through his bank account.

New data on London's property market has raised fresh alarms over a surge in purchases of homes valued above ?1 million.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Munich carried out more than 20 searches in Germany and Poland in an investigation into suspected money laundering and involvement in organised crime.

The Vilnius City District Court (Lithuania) has convicted the members of an organised crime group in a fraudulent scheme involving EU and national funds intended for young farmers

Eighteen months after a damning report branded conditions “appalling” and warned it was among the UK’s most violent prisons, Strangeways has seen little meaningful improvement.

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.

Last week, law enforcement officers in Scotland and Spain carried out operations in connection with the Lyons case, leading to several individuals being detained, with support from Europol, the European Union's agency for law enforcement collaboration

Nikolay Fedorov, affiliated with the infamous Taganskaya crime syndicate and accused of being involved in the killing of Valeriy Zhuravlev, the owner of Rospshcheprom, was previously apprehended in Russia but subsequently freed and moved to the United States, as reported by investigative sources

Mingling with the throngs of tourists and office employees that fill the Tube on a daily basis, they are gang leaders in disguise who consider themselves beyond reach

Supposed trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang made his getaway via a tunnel in Mexico, subsequently flying to Cuba and reportedly to Russia, but he is now facing trial in a courtroom in Brooklyn

The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced that eleven individuals face charges related to an attempt to bring over half a tonne of cannabis, valued at approximately £13.8 million, into the UK

Each year, organised criminal groups are illegally disposing of millions of tonnes of waste across the British countryside, resulting in an annual financial burden of approximately £1 billion for the UK, as reported by a House of Lords investigation

A significant police operation in North Tyneside has resulted in 24 detentions and the confiscation of Class A and B drugs, money, and weapons

A major financial crime case has recently been in the news after a Chinese woman linked to a global fraud operation admitted to holding unlawfully acquired cryptocurrency worth billions

Recent studies suggest that a covert operation, reminiscent of a spy network, is essential for dismantling organised crime syndicates that have become so sophisticated they now endanger the United Kingdom's national security

The son of the famous lead singer was involved in multi-million pound drug deals and sentenced to ten years and eight months for the supply of cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and heroin