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Six men arrested in £160m cocaine haul off Plymouth coast

September 11, 2021 World Justice News 0

Six men including a Briton have been arrested off the coast of Plymouth after authorities seized more than two tonnes (2,000kg) of cocaine. The British man, from Stockton-on-Tees, and five Nicaraguans were arrested on a […]

UK haulier ran Europe-wide drug ring from living room

December 22, 2020 World Justice News 0

A British haulier shipped drugs for gangs across Europe from his Warrington living room in lockdown. Thomas Maher has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to more than 14 years in jail after pleading guilty […]

Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked

July 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency. The NCA worked with forces across Europe on the UK’s “biggest and most significant” […]

Cocaine haul in boxes of face masks seized

April 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

Smugglers hid cocaine worth more than £1m in a consignment of protective face masks, Border Force officials said. Officers found the 14kg haul in a Polish-registered van as it attempted to enter the UK through […]

Woman in £16m Harrods spend loses wealth seizure challenge

February 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

A woman who blew £16m of unexplained wealth in Harrods has lost her appeal against a National Crime Agency bid to seize her luxury London home. The Court of Appeal has rejected Zamira Hajiyeva’s attempt […]

Evil Corp: US charges Russians over hacking attacks

December 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

US authorities have filed charges against two Russian nationals alleged to be running a global cyber crime organisation named Evil Corp. An indictment named Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev – who remain at large – […]

Spying tools website taken down after UK raids

November 30, 2019 World Justice News 0

A website selling hacking tools that let attackers take over victims’ computers has been closed down after an international investigation. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said 14,500 people had bought spying tools from the […]

Police arrest 13 over UK’s ‘biggest drug conspiracy’

October 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police investigating what they say is the UK’s biggest ever drugs conspiracy have arrested 13 men in dawn raids. The arrests follow a National Crime Agency investigation tracking drugs allegedly smuggled into the UK in lorry loads […]

Criminal gang facing jail after laundering profits of £8 million drugs supply operation through sham companies

June 12, 2019 zoshinuk 0

By TRISTAN KIRK Courts correspondent Members of a criminal gang who ran an £8 million drugs supply operation across the UK while laundering profits through a web of ‘front’ companies are facing jail. Ringleader Baljinder Kang, 32, […]

Police arrest 586 people in county lines crackdown

May 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Nearly 600 suspected members of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested across the UK in the past week, the National Crime Agency has said. Police forces led by the National County Lines Coordination Centre […]

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France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]