International and organised crime | The Crown Prosecution Service

Hacker behind £500k online blackmail campaign jailed

A prolific cyber criminal who made more than £500,000 by infecting victims’ computers with ‘ransomware’ in an internet blackmail campaign has today (9 April) been jailed for six years and five months.

CPS takes action to tackle childlike sex dolls

Robust measures to help prosecutors bring charges against importers and sellers of child sex dolls have been unveiled today.

Lorry driver found with 21 illegal migrants hidden in wooden crates jailed for six years

An HGV driver who smuggled 21 Vietnamese nationals – a large number of them children – into the country inside a refrigerated lorry has today (26 March) been sentenced to six years in prison for assisting unlawful entry into the UK.

HMCPSI finds that International Justice and Organised Crime Division continuously delivers its work to a high standard despite challenging casework

The International Justice and Organised Crime Division has engaged staff, a visible and proactive senior management team, and is held in high regard by internal and external stakeholders, according to a report published today by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). The inspection did not look at casework quality.

Gang jailed for selling potentially lethal drugs on the dark web

Three men who used the dark web to sell potentially lethal drugs to hundreds of customers across the UK and abroad have today (18 January) been jailed for a total of more than 43 years.

Teenager sentenced for bomb hoax threats

A teenager has today (7 December) been sentenced for making bogus bomb threats which resulted in the evacuation of more than 400 UK schools.

Woman jailed for drugs offences after falsely claiming to have been trafficked

A woman involved in the wholesale supply of class A drugs has today (31 August) been jailed for seven years.

Modern slavery prosecutions on the rise - report shows

Charges for modern slavery offences have risen by more than a quarter in the last year according to figures published today (9 August) by the Crown Prosecution Service.

In 2017/18, 239 suspects were charged with modern slavery offences, a 27 per cent rise from the year before.

And referrals to the CPS from police and other agencies have also risen by a third to 355 – the highest ever recorded. The increase, which has been part of a dedicated drive to clamp down on slavery related crime, has also seen 185 modern slavery and human trafficking convictions in 2017/18.

Traffickers convicted of smuggling migrants across English Channel

Six men who trafficked migrants across the English Channel in small boats have been convicted today (7 August).

The men had denied involvement in the operation but a jury at the Old Bailey convicted them all of ferrying non-EU migrants into the UK from France between April 1 and August 14, 2016.

They were sentenced at the same court on 21 September to a total of more than 48 years for their roles in the operation.

Gang jailed for smuggling cocaine into UK from Jamaica

A gang who imported cocaine into the UK from the Caribbean disguised as coconut milk powder, coffee and soy drinks have been jailed for more than 37 years.

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