Criminal cases that the Crown Prosecution Service take to court are in the news every day. This section also covers many issues related to our work, including violence against women and girls, hate crime, support for victims and witnesses, statistics, and speeches by the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior staff.
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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
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
Seven people have been jailed after an organised fraud which saw public donations worth hundreds of thousands of pounds stolen from life-saving charities.Led by David Levi, 47 from Lytham St Annes, the criminal group collected money from the public under the guise that it would all be handed over…
Two men who pretended to be police officers and preyed on elderly victims in a fraud involving more than £400,000 were imprisoned today (Tuesday 19 December 2023).Mohammed Zaman Ahmed, 26, and Kawsar Ahmed, 25, were sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court to three years and eight months and four years…
The Crown Prosecution Service has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) today (Tuesday 5 December 2023) with Entain plc, a global online sports betting and gaming business (owner of Ladbrokes and Coral bookmakers) headquartered in London, to settle the HM Revenue & Customs…
Introduction
Good morning, it is a pleasure to be here.
As we are in a university setting, I would like to pay tribute to Professor Phil Rumney, who sadly died yesterday. Academic scrutiny of the work we do in criminal justice will be the poorer for his passing.
Economic crime poses a…
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
The Crown Prosecution Service is today launching a united team to tackle the changing nature of serious and organised crime.
The new Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) brings together specialists in economic crime, organised crime, proceeds of crime and…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeInternational and organised crimeProceeds of crimeCPS
The first ever CPS Economic Crime strategy sets out an ambitious plan to combat these offences which are estimated to cost billions each year.
The strategy, launched today (30 March 2021) at a round table meeting with Government departments, police and criminal justice partners, highlights that…
The Crown Prosecution Service has warned the public to beware of fraudsters exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic after a man was today jailed for 30 weeks for offering fake Government refunds.
Mohammed Khan, 20, sent more than one thousand texts claiming to be from the authorities offering refunds…
Press ReleaseFraud and economic crimeCPSLondon South
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