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Drug smuggler caught with £130m of cocaine on yacht jailed

A drug trafficker who tried to import £130million worth of cocaine into Europe aboard a yacht has been sentenced to 16 years.

Bodybuilder and his associates jailed over illegal steroid ring

A former bodybuilder and three associates who helped to illegally manufacture, import and supply anabolic steroids with a street value of almost £12m have today been jailed.

Man jailed after he was caught with loaded gun

A man caught with a loaded revolver has been convicted after a prosecution by the CPS.

Tackling Global Crime Together - Speech by Max Hill QC, DPP, to the International Association of Prosecutors, September 2019

The International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) is a hugely important organisation for prosecutors, with an unparalleled global reach. I am therefore privileged to have been asked to deliver the keynote speech at this conference. This is my first annual IAP conference as chief prosecutor of my country, and so I am very pleased to be here and to have the opportunity to build relationships that will last over time.

CPS successfully prosecutes second major modern slavery case this month

A father and son have today (29 July) been convicted for their roles in long-running conspiracy to exploit Eastern European workers they trafficked into the UK.

Gang jailed for laundering £1m in cocaine and ketamine cash

Eleven men have been sentenced to a total of more than 65 years between them for their roles laundering £1m in drug money over a six-month period including a sale of 50kg of ketamine.

CPS secures convictions in largest ever modern slavery prosecution

A Polish human-trafficking ring have been jailed after the CPS concluded the UK’s largest ever modern slavery prosecution and what is believed to be the largest prosecution of its type in Europe.

TalkTalk hacker sentenced over bullying and blackmail campaign

A blackmailing hacker behind the TalkTalk cyber-attack – which cost the company £77million after the personal details of 157,000 customers were stolen – has today (10 June) been sentenced.

Daniel Kelley, 22, admitted targeting at least six organisations by threatening to sell their hacked data on the ‘dark web’ unless they paid him hundreds of thousands of pounds in Bitcoin. Where they refused, he made good on his threats.

Deputy head jailed for live-streaming child sex abuse via videoconference

A deputy headteacher who live-streamed children being sexually abused while high on cocaine and crystal meth has today (23 May) been jailed for 28 months.

Emerging Areas of Child Abuse and Exploitation

Speech by Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, to the Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference in Uganda, 15-17 April 2019

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