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To make criminal court reporting more open, the CPS, police, and media representatives created a joint protocol (agreement) for working together. We are currently working on an updated version of the protocol.
Showing 31 - 40 of 50 results for crime type "International and organised crime" & area "CPS"
Two men have been jailed for their role in operating an organised crime group which laundered more than £12 million of criminally obtained cash in the UK. Semen Kuksov, 23, and Andrii Dzektsa, 27, were sentenced to five years and seven months and five years imprisonment respectively at…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeCPS
A man who blackmailed women and children into engaging in degrading sexual acts has today been jailed.Anthony Burns (AKA Danny Burns), 39, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment plus a five-year extended licence for 41 offences including blackmail, causing a child to engage in sexual activity,…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
An illegal money service bureau owner who operated as a banker for criminals smuggling migrants into the UK has today been convicted. Asghar Gheshlaghian, 48, was found guilty of money laundering and immigration-related offences following a trial at Southwark Crown Court on 18 January…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeCPS
Two men, whose conspiracy to smuggle drugs and cigarettes into the UK was foiled after a farmer accidentally spotted a consignment of cocaine, have been handed lengthy prison sentences today.
The scheme involved the pair using their freight company as a cover to clear shipping containers that…
Press ReleaseInternational and organised crimeDrug offencesFraud and economic crimeCPS
A sex offender who assaulted a teenage girl after stealing her phone from her has been jailed for two more years.
The CPS prosecuted Ishtiaq Khaliq, 40, after an investigation by officers from the National Crime Agency’s Operation Stovewood, which is looking into allegations of non-familial…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
Four members of an organised crime group and a criminal associate have been imprisoned today (Thursday 7 December 2023) for their roles in the importation and distribution of huge quantities of cocaine and cannabis, at Stafford Crown Court.Anthony Terry, 49, pleaded guilty to importing…
A man who blackmailed children into sending him indecent images of themselves over social media has today been jailed.
Ishmael Lance Duncan, 24, was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment plus a six-year extended licence at Inner London Crown Court on 1 December 2023 after he pleaded guilty to a…
Press ReleaseSexual offencesInternational and organised crimeCPS
A haulage boss has been jailed today for his involvement in a people-smuggling network linked to the tragic deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in Essex.
Caolon Gormley, 26, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration on 27 November 2023 following a trial…
A 59-year-old man who paid money to sexually exploit young children in South East Asia has today been sentenced to 19 years in jail, with an extended licence of six years due to the dangerousness of his offending.
Ian Wynter, from Loughborough, paid a father in the Philippines seven times to…
Press ReleaseInternational and organised crimeSexual offencesCPS
Good morning, and welcome – to London and to this Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference. What a pleasure it is to be together in-person again after three years, and we are delighted to be hosting you all here.
I see this as such an opportunity – for us to share experiences and learn from each…
SpeechFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeCPS
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
